Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular), JD(S) Karnataka Youth Wing President Nikhil Kumaraswamy, and Leader of Opposition R. Ashoka (BJP) marched together from Byramangala to Freedom Park in Bengaluru on 9 August 2026, opposing the Karnataka government's Bidadi Township project. (Photo: NationPress)
Janata Dal (Secular) and BJP leaders, including Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Opposition leader R. Ashoka, marched in a joint padayatra on 9 August 2026 to protest the Karnataka Congress government's Bidadi Township project in Bengaluru. (Photo: NationPress)
JD(S) Karnataka Youth Wing President Nikhil Kumaraswamy joined his father, Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, and BJP's R. Ashoka in the padayatra from Byramangala to Freedom Park on 9 August 2026, demanding the scrapping of the Bidadi Township project. (Photo: NationPress)
Janata Dal (Secular) workers marched from Byramangala to Freedom Park in Bengaluru on 9 August 2026, joining the mass padayatra against the Karnataka Congress government's Bidadi Township project that critics say threatens farmers' land. (Photo: NationPress)
Multi-party opposition leaders, including H.D. Kumaraswamy (JD(S)), Nikhil Kumaraswamy, and BJP's R. Ashoka, converged at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on 9 August 2026 after marching from Byramangala to protest the Karnataka Congress government's Bidadi Township project. (Photo: NationPress)
Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Karnataka's Leader of Opposition R. Ashoka (BJP) co-led the padayatra from Byramangala to Freedom Park on 9 August 2026, presenting a united JD(S)-BJP front against the Karnataka Congress government's Bidadi Township project. (Photo: NationPress)
Senior leaders from JD(S) and BJP, including Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, Nikhil Kumaraswamy, and R. Ashoka, joined workers in a cross-party padayatra through Bengaluru on 9 August 2026 to oppose the Karnataka Congress government's Bidadi Township project. (Photo: NationPress)
The padayatra route stretched from Byramangala to Freedom Park in Bengaluru, with JD(S) and BJP leaders including H.D. Kumaraswamy, Nikhil Kumaraswamy, and R. Ashoka walking alongside party workers on 9 August 2026 to demand withdrawal of the Bidadi Township project. (Photo: NationPress)