BJP launched its 'Gandhi Sankalp Yatra' in West Bengal on Wednesday as part of the party's nation-wide initiative to propagate the ideals of the Father of the Nation on his sesquicentennial.
The nation-wide campaign was launched by BJP president Amit Shah on October 2, on the occasion of Gandhiji's 150th birth anniversary. It has been delayed in West Bengal due to the ongoing festive season, BJP sources said.
The Yatra will boost the prime minister's 'Swachh Bharat Mission', they said.
The BJP programme drew sharp reaction from the ruling TMC and opposition Congress in the state who mocked the saffron camp as "preachers of Godse".
Godse is Nathuram Godse, Mahatma Gandhi's assassin.
Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh took out a rally on the occasion from Karnogarh to Matkatpur-Inda at Kharagpur in West Midnapore district.
Ghosh said at Kharagpur, "The ideals of Gandhiji are very important at a time when Bengal is witnessing violence and killings everyday."
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