CM Bommai arrives late, Tennis legend Borg declines felicitation
Bengaluru: Tennis legend Bjorn Borg on Tuesday declined a felicitation here as Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai arrived late for the event.
The former Swedish player is in Bengaluru as his son Leo is a wildcard entry for the main draw of the ongoing Bengaluru Open tennis tournament, reports Hindustan Times.
The Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association had organized a felicitation of Borg and former Indian tennis player Padma Shri Vijay Amritraj in the city on Tuesday. The felicitation had been scheduled for 9:30 am, but was initially postponed to 10:15 am as Bommai had to fulfil other commitments, reports Hindustan Times.
While it was then decided that the felicitation would be held at 11, Borg politely declined the felicitation as he was watching his son’s game.
The chief minister arrived at 11:15 am and reportedly watched the game for some time before leaving.
“The chief minister had been informed that Borg would be held up by his son’s game that would begin at 11 am. He was sportive about it and decided to come to the court and watch the game for some time,” said an official from the organizing committee.
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Low visibility prevents PM’s helicopter from landing in Taherpur, Modi returns to Kolkata airport
Kolkata (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter failed to land at the Taherpur helipad in West Bengal owing to low visibility on account of dense fog in the area on Saturday, an official said.
The PM’s chopper made a U-turn after hovering over the helipad ground for a while and returned to the Kolkata airport, he said.
Till reports last received, the Prime Minister was waiting at the airport for further updates on the weather situation.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Modi would reach the rally venue district by road or whether he would wait for the weather to clear up and make another attempt to reach Taherpur by the aerial route, the official said.
Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister reached Kolkata at around 10.40 am and took a chopper onward to Taherpur in Nadia district, where he is scheduled to hold an administrative programme to launch highway projects in West Bengal, followed by a political rally of the BJP, titled Parivartan Sankalpa Sabha, which he is supposed to address.
