BJP, making desperate attempts to come back to power at the Centre, is going by the stars and planetary positions, to ensure that a key conclave beginning in Bangalore, on Friday brings good luck.

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, an astrology enthusiast, has taken extra pains to avoid ‘Rahu Kalam’ (inauspicious period) during the three-day meet, party sources said.

Yeddyurappa, who became the first saffron Chief Minister of the south after he changed the spelling of his name, is ensuring that the National Executive is held at an astrologically compatible time.

The inaugural session of the executive, which normally starts in the morning, would this time commence only when the clock strucks noon. The reason being on Friday the Rahu Kalam falls between 10.30 to 12.

The decision to start the meet by noon is also slated to delay the lunch for the top leaders well past two after president Rajnath Singh’s inaugural address.

As per the sources, the personal astrologers of the chief minister have been roped in to make sure that ‘nothing inauspicious’ happens in the conclave.

Special timings as per the position of the stars have been calculated for the inaugural lighting of the lamp too.

The saffron party would be spared of any time crunch on the second day as the Rahu Kalam on Saturday would fall between nine and half past ten in the morning. The rest of the day has been found ‘auspicious’ by the organisers for working.

The second day would also witness the rally by party’s Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani at the High School Grounds in Bangalore.

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