Pressure mounts to strip R. Ashok off his post: Bengaluru BJP in-charge likely to be changed

Vartha Bharati | 29-09-2018 | 23:07:00 IST

Bengaluru, Sept 29: As dissent has erupted in BJP against the party’s Bengaluru in-charge R. Ashok following the party’s failure to get BBMP’s control, the pressure is mounting to replace him, and a few leaders in BJP have decided to complain party high command.

Amidst these developments, the party high command has called the party’s state president B.S Yeddyurappa to Delhi, who is likely to begin his journey tomorrow (September 30).

It is said that senior leaders, including local leaders, have been angry with R. Ashok as he launched an unsuccessful Operation Corporation though the BJP had no majority in the BBMP, which caused severe embarrassment to the party.

Shobha Karandlaje of the Vokkaliga community is likely to replace R. Ashok as Bengaluru in-charge.

Though the BJP emerged as the largest party in the BBMP, it could not succeed in taking charge of the Palike.

The BJP faced severe embarrassment after an unsuccessful attempt to lure the JDS and Independent candidates during the BBMP Mayor and Deputy Mayor Elections.

Following which, Congress’ Gangambike and JDS’ Rameela elected as Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively. It is said that the BJP leaders are thinking to decide to strip R. Ashok off his post when the issue was brought to their notice.

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PM Modi embarks on roadshow in Dehradun ahead of key expressway opening

14-04-2026 ¦ 14-04-2026 IST

Photo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PTI)

Dehradun (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow in Dehradun on Tuesday, with a large crowd lining both sides of the road to greet him.

The prime minister is in the city to inaugurate the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway.

Before the roadshow, he stopped to pray at the Siddhpeeth Maa Datkali Temple near Dehradun on the border of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

He then embarked on a 12-kilometre road trip to the main event venue, Jaswant Ground, in Dehradun.

A large number of people, including school children, gathered to welcome the prime minister and showered flowers on his convoy.

A massive police force was deployed for security during the prime minister's movement.

Modi will inaugurate the Delhi-Dehradun economic corridor, which will cut the travel time between the two cities to less than half. He will also undertake a review of the wildlife passage on the elevated section of the high-speed expressway in Saharanpur.

The 213-kilometre six-lane access-controlled corridor has been built at a cost of over Rs 12,000 crore.

The corridor traverses through the states of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, and will reduce travel time between Delhi and Dehradun from over six hours at present to around two and a half hours, according to an official statement.