PM Modi holds 26 km long mega roadshow in Bengaluru
Congress Will Win At Least 141 Seats: Shivakumar
The 26 km long mega roadshow by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bengaluru today, ahead of Karnataka Assembly elections, drew a large gathering throughout the route. The Bengaluru Members of Parliament P C Mohan and Tejasvi Surya accompanied the Prime Minister. It started from Someshwara Sabha Bhavan in J P Nagar at 10.00 am and reached Gokak movement park in Malleshwaram in the afternoon.
Prime Minister took a 26 km long road show. People had started gathering on either side of the road from 7.00 am onwards. Throughout the route, they greeted the Prime Minister, who in turn waived at them.
They showered flowers and chanted Bharat Mata Ki Jai and Modi Modi. Yakshagana dancers, classical dancers, and folk artists with drums performed during the show. A point to note was that people displayed Bajrangi flags during the roadshow. Congress senior leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjuna Kharge too will be campaigning in North Karnataka today afternoon. The JD(S) supremo Deve Gowda will be campaigning in Sidlaghatta, Maddur and Mandya today.
Congress Will Win At Least 141 Seats
Meanwhile Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar on Saturday expressed confidence that his party would win at least 141 seats in the upcoming state elections scheduled to take place on May 10. In an interview with PTI, Shivakumar said the Congress will get a comfortable majority in Karnataka and the win would open the doors for the Lok Sabha elections as the party’s 1978 victory in the state had done. On the matter of the Chief Minister candidate, he said that the party will take a decision on it.
“For the last three years, the Congress party has been working on the ground starting from the Vaccinate Karnataka Campaign, to the 100 Not Out Campaign followed by Mekedatu Campaign to Freedom March and registering 78 lakh members of the Congress party. Then we made the Bharat Jodo Yatra a grand success in Karnataka,” he said.
He further said that Congress leaders and workers have not taken rest for a single day in the last three years, and whatever is being seen now is the faith of people that the party’s hard work has won.