Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal (Secular) State Youth Wing President Nikhil Kumaraswamy, and party leaders joined a padayatra from Byramangala to Freedom Park on 10 August 2026 — day two of the JD(S) protest against the Bidadi Township project in Bengaluru South district, Karnataka. (Photo: NationPress)
Janata Dal (Secular) leaders, including former PM H.D. Deve Gowda and Youth Wing President Nikhil Kumaraswamy, continued their foot march to Freedom Park, Bengaluru, on the second consecutive day of demonstrations against the Bidadi Township project on 10 August 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
The padayatra led by H.D. Deve Gowda and Nikhil Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular) wound through Bengaluru South district to Freedom Park on 10 August 2026, pressing the Karnataka government to abandon the Bidadi Township project. (Photo: NationPress)
Senior Janata Dal (Secular) figures — former PM H.D. Deve Gowda and Youth Wing chief Nikhil Kumaraswamy — marched alongside party workers from Byramangala on 10 August 2026, opposing the Bidadi Township project in Bengaluru South, Karnataka. (Photo: NationPress)
The Bidadi Township project controversy intensified on 10 August 2026 as Janata Dal (Secular) — led by former PM H.D. Deve Gowda and Youth Wing President Nikhil Kumaraswamy — staged a foot march through Bengaluru South district for the second straight day. (Photo: NationPress)
Farmers joined Janata Dal (Secular) leaders H.D. Deve Gowda and Nikhil Kumaraswamy in the padayatra from Byramangala to Freedom Park on 10 August 2026, voicing opposition to the Bidadi Township project in Bengaluru South. (Photo: NationPress)
The Janata Dal (Secular) padayatra on 10 August 2026 covered the route from Byramangala to Freedom Park in Bengaluru South, with former PM H.D. Deve Gowda and Youth Wing chief Nikhil Kumaraswamy leading party workers in protest against the Bidadi Township project. (Photo: NationPress)
For the second consecutive day, Bengaluru South district witnessed a Janata Dal (Secular) demonstration against the Bidadi Township project on 10 August 2026, with former PM H.D. Deve Gowda and Nikhil Kumaraswamy at the forefront of the march to Freedom Park. (Photo: NationPress)
Nikhil Kumaraswamy, President of the Janata Dal (Secular) State Youth Wing, addressed marchers during the padayatra from Byramangala to Freedom Park on 10 August 2026, as former PM H.D. Deve Gowda and senior party leaders looked on. (Photo: NationPress)
Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda addressed the crowd during the Janata Dal (Secular) padayatra from Byramangala to Freedom Park on 10 August 2026, as Youth Wing President Nikhil Kumaraswamy and senior party leaders stood alongside him in Bengaluru South. (Photo: NationPress)
Nikhil Kumaraswamy, State Youth Wing President of the Janata Dal (Secular), participated in the padayatra from Byramangala to Freedom Park on 10 August 2026 — the second day of the JD(S) campaign against the Bidadi Township project in Bengaluru South district, Karnataka. (Photo: NationPress)