The BJP in Dakshina Kannada has launched an over-a-month-long exercise to train its grassroots workers on administration and life skills and enlighten them on Union government schemes.
The ‘Abhyasavarga’ (training), having 313 sessions which began on July 26, will go on across the district till the end of August, according to Satish Kumpala, president, Dakshina Kannada unit of the party.
“The sessions which are under way have nothing to do with the general elections, which are far away. But the party is ready to face any election,” Mr. Kumpala told The Hindu.
The grassroots workers are being trained by 180 trainers who are senior workers of the party, he said.
The workers are being trained on their role in administration, including in gram sabhas, how to avail themselves of the benefits of Union government schemes, how to emerge as a good human being by adopting life skills and also on how to prepare to face elections, Mr. Kumpala, former vice-president of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, said.
