Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, famously known as KCR, the president of Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), has attempted to make good use of the Pandharpur Wari—Maharashtra’s biggest annual pilgrimage—to expand his public outreach, mostly among the farmers who have been an integral part of the huge congregations. On an average, over 12 lakh devotees, mostly farmers, reach the holy town of Pandharpur, on foot and vehicles, for Ashadhi pilgrimage.

Unlikely to miss a mass communication opportunity after beginning the party expansion from the border districts, the BRS chief made a grand entry to Solapur district on Monday, accompanied by a cavalcade of 600 vehicles carrying hundreds of BRS workers, office-bearers, Telangana ministers, MPs and MLAs. After a night halt, the BRS convoy will on Tuesday resumed their journey to Pandharpur, to seek the revered deity Vitthal-Rukhmini’s blessings.

Making a pitch in Maha