NE NEWS SERVICE
BENGALURU, MAY 6
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the overwhelming response he received in Bengaluru during the roadshow made him believe that it is the people who are contesting the 2023 assembly elections in Karnataka on behalf of the BJP.
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He also said the “never-seen-before love and affection he saw in Bengaluru was unparalleled”.
“This morning, I went to have a ‘Darshan’ (opportunity to see) of ‘Janata Janardhan’ (public God) in Bengaluru. People gave me ‘never-seen-before’ love and affection,” Modi said at a public meeting here in the Bagalkote district of poll-bound Karnataka, which votes on May 10.
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People stood in every corner of the road all along the 25 kilometres from where his convoy passed during the Bengaluru roadshow, the PM said.
People with their families, differently-abled people, and women with their newborn children stood on either side of the road.
“What I saw in Bengaluru, I say with confidence that this election is neither Modi contesting, nor BJP leaders or our candidates, it is the election the people of Karnataka are fighting on behalf of the BJP. I see the total control of the election in the hands of people,” Modi said.
He also said the BJP’s “double engine” government has been working on bringing in development without discrimination.
Hitting out at the Congress, Modi said the Congress party has a “track record of 85 per cent commission, they can never work to serve the people”.
Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters dressed up in local folk dance style costumes, as Lord Hanuman and other characters to show up at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow on Saturday in Bengaluru.
The Prime Minister began his 26-kilometre-long mega roadshow on Saturday morning with ‘Bajrangbali ki Jai’ chants and slogans like ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’. The PM’s route was decked with flowers and decorations as supporters cheered along.
Bengaluru was painted in saffron as supporters gathered in lakhs to attend Modi’s roadshow. Police were deployed in heavy numbers to maintain security protocols and visuals from the roads showed the crowd decked in saffron scarves, holding ‘arati’ plates and dancing in anticipation of the PM’s arrival.
PM Modi posted a message on Twitter on Saturday morning, saying, “In a short while, I will be commencing the roadshow across parts of Bengaluru to interact with people of the city. The bond between Bengaluru and BJP is an old and strong one. This city has supported our party since the early days and we have made numerous efforts for its growth.”
