Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, a day earlier than the ultimate day of campaigning for May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka, held an enormous roadshow within the metropolis, waving at numerous enthusiastic crowd lined up on each side of the route, regardless of overcast sky. The 8-km roadshow from Kempegowda statue at New Thippasandra Road to Trinity Circle was lined in about one-and-half hours.
The roadshow that started with Modi paying floral tributes to the statue of Kempegowda (founding father of Bengaluru) handed by components of east and central Bengaluru, touching about half a dozen Assembly segments, they stated.
The PM was accompanied within the specially-designed car by Union Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who’s a Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka, and Bengaluru Central MP, P C Mohan.
Standing on a specifically designed car, Modi greeted by waving on the crowd gathered on the perimeters of the roads and on close by buildings, a lot of whom have been seen chanting ‘Modi, Modi’, and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ slogans and shouting loud cheers, amid sounds of drum beat, in what gave the impression to be a “festive atmosphere” in a number of locations..
People showered flower petals, as his cavalcade traversed by the stretch slowly. The Prime Minister too responded by hurling again on the crowd, flower petals collected on the bonnet of the car.
At the Trinity Circle, the place the roadshow culminated, Modi repeatedly bowed with folded fingers, to the massive crowd gathered there, amid loud cheers.
Massive preparations had been made alongside the stretch, together with erecting barricades, to make sure that the roadshow went on easily. Tight safety was put in place.
According to state BJP sources, tens of hundreds of individuals had gathered alongside the roadside.
The complete distance was decked up with saffron hues as BJP flags have been seen on both facet of the highway, and hundreds of social gathering employees and supporters too have been sporting saffron shawls and caps.
Cultural groups have been additionally stationed at totally different locations alongside the stretch to welcome Modi. A gaggle of ex-servicemen have been seen gathered at a spot to greet Modi.
Keeping in view the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), being held this afternoon, the BJP on Friday modified Modi’s two-day roadshow in Bengaluru, by scheduling a shorter one for at present and the intensive occasion on Saturday.
On Saturday, Modi held a 26 km roadshow within the state capital, passing by components of south and central Bengaluru, touching a couple of dozen Assembly segments.
The roadshow, earlier scheduled to be held for eight hours on Saturday alone, was cut up into two components to keep away from inconvenience to the general public.
