Yeddyurappa urges BJP workers to live up to Modi's expectations
Bengaluru, Mar 1: Karnataka BJP president B S Yeddyurappa Friday urged the party workers to live up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expectation of winning 300 seats in the coming Lok Sabha elections by winning all the 28 seats from the state alone.
"We have to live up to the expectation of Modiji by winning more than 300 seats and hence, we have to win all the 28 seats in Karnataka. This is the responsibility we have," said Yeddyurappa in his address to the 'pramukhs' (heads) of 10 Shakti Kendras in the run-up to the parliamentary polls.
He also asked the party cadres to serve as full-time workers just as Modi has been doing ever since he assumed office.
Giving a clarion call for "Mera Booth, Sabse Majboot", the party's slogan to the grassroots level workers for aggressive campaigning ahead of the elections, Yeddyurappa said the election dates could be announced any time soon.
He reminded Shakti Kendra 'pramukhs' that the prime minister had a vision to see India as a superpower in the world.
Hence, it was the responsibility of all the party workers to put in all their efforts to make him the prime minister again, he added.
"Prime Minister Modi did not take rest for even a single day in the last four and half years. You have noticed that he is toiling hard to make India and the party stronger," Yeddyurappa told the party workers.
Hailing MiG-21 pilot Abhinandan Varthaman who displayed extraordinary valour, Yeddyurappa said Pakistan agreed to release him following a warning by Modi to safely hand over him to India without a delay for a second, or else they will face the consequences.
Yeddyurappa had come under fire Thursday for his statement that the IAF's pre-emptive strike inside Pakistan territory would help the party secure at least 22 out of 28 seats in Karnataka.
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Jharkhand: 6 arrested for kidnapping Bengal businessman, associate
Khunti (PTI): Six persons have been arrested for allegedly abducting a West Bengal-based businessman and his associate in Jharkhand's Khunti district and demanding a ransom of Rs 10 lakh, police said on Sunday.
The incident occurred on Friday in Tilmi area under the jurisdiction of Jariyagarh police station. Upon receiving information, police rescued both victims, they said.
Torpa Sub-divisional Police Officer Christopher Kerketta said, "We have rescued both the victims and arrested six people for their alleged involvement in the crime."
The businessman, identified as Haru Mukherjee (65), had come to the house of his associate, Vijay Oraon (40), to recruit labourers for work at a brick kiln.
The accused hail from different parts of Khunti, and police also seized a four-wheeler, three motorcycles, and five mobile phones from their possession, the officer said, adding an FIR has also been registered and further investigation is underway.
