A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced that it would launch a padayatra from Bidadi to Bengaluru against the Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township (GBIT), its NDA partner, the Janata Dal (Secular), held a separate press conference on Saturday and announced its own padayatra. While the BJP said it was yet to decide the dates of its padayatra, the JD(S) announced its march would begin on July 30 and reach Bengaluru on August 1.