Shettar, Sriramulu, Eshwarappa and other BJP leaders absent from meeting
LS poll preparation
Bengaluru, Jan 31: The conspicuous absence of top BJP leaders was the highlight of today's preparatory meeting for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, chaired by party state president BS Yeddyurappa.
In the meeting held at party office at Malleshwaram in the city on Thursday, former chief minister Jagadish Shettar, former deputy chief minister KS Eshwarappa, former ministers B Sriramulu and V Somanna and other senior leaders have kept themselves away from it. The meeting was convened to discuss the preparation for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, selection of candidates, campaigning and other issues. But was said that some leaders were absent from this meeting due to their pre scheduled programmes.
Modi will become PM again
Narendra Modi should become the Prime Minister again for which, the party should win at least 22 seats in the state and contribute for Modi. So the incharges, and respective office-bearers should work for it, Yeddyurappa said.
Speaking after the meeting, Yeddyurappa said that the leaders have given their opinions and suggestions on touring the state to organize the party. Their aim was to win 22 seats, he said.
Felicitation
BJP incharge P Muralidhar Rao, Assistant incharge Kiran Manjeshwar and Telangana incharge Aravind Limbavali were felicitated on the occasion.
Leaders R Ashok, Govinda Karajol, Kota Srinivas Poojary, Ravikumar and others were present.
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Senior Congress MLA, former Minister Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passes away
Bengaluru (PTI): Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passed away at a private hospital here on Sunday due to age-related ailments, official sources said.
He was 95 and represented the Davanagere South Assembly constituency. He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for some time.
Shivashankarappa is survived by three sons, including S S Mallikarjun, Karnataka Minister for Mines and Geology and Horticulture, and four daughters.
His daughter-in-law, Prabha Mallikarjun, is the Member of Parliament from Davanagere.
A former minister, Shivashankarappa, served as treasurer of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for several decades and was the president of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of the influential Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.
He was also a noted educationist who established several educational institutions and was an industrialist.
