Modi to launch BJP campaign in state on Feb 10
Bengaluru, Jan 31: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to launch BJP's Lok Sabha poll campaign in Karnataka on February 10 from Hubballi, the state unit of the party said Thursday.
He would also address two more election rallies in February, while BJP president Amit Shah was expected to be in the state on February 14 and 21, state unit chief B S Yeddyurappa told reporters here.
The BJP has set a target of winning more than 22 seats out of the total 28 in the state in the upcoming polls as part of the mission to make Modi Prime Minister again.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Lok Sabha poll in-charges of constituencies and party office-bearers, Yeddyurappa said.
He said Shah was likely to visit the state on February 14 and 21 and programme will be decided shortly.
Later, the BJP in a statement said Modi will visit the state on February 10, 19 and 27, and former Deputy Chief Minister R Ashoka has been made the in-charge of the Prime Ministers rallies.
Yeddyurappa said the target was to win more than 22 seats in the Lok Sabha polls.
We have discussed about upcoming Lok Sabha polls. In the Lok Sabha polls this time we will win more than 22 seats and contribute towards making Narendra Modi Prime Minister once again, Yeddyurappa said.
From Thursday, party leaders would travel across the state and strengthen the party, he said.
BJP had won 17 Lok Sabha seats in the 2014 polls and emerged as the single largest party with 104 MLAs in the last year assembly elections, but fell short of a majority following which the JDS and Congress came together.
Terming the Lok Sabha polls as important, Yeddyurappa claimed Modis developmental works in the past four-and-half years, growth in the country's economy and the entire world praising him had created panic among opposition parties.
Hence, they were trying to unite.
Hitting out the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka, he said, the two parties had been fighting against each other in last seven months and people of the state want to get rid of them.
Recent comments by JD(S) chief Deve Gowda, Chief Ministers open comments about stepping down, over 20 Congress legislators at the CLP meeting seeking withdrawal of support to Chief Minister. All these things people are watching let the media conduct a survey, 70 per cent people want this government to go, he claimed.
Predicting the fall of the coalition government any time because of the infighting, Yeddyurappa said BJP was not responsible for it.
Congress legislators want to snap the relationship with JD(S) and are fighting on streets, so there may be political ups and downs because of this," he said.
Yeddyurappa said JD(S) supremo Deve Gowda's comments against Congress Legislature Party chief Siddaramaiah Wednesday showed this coalition government was in a state of confusion.
Alleging that developmental works had come to a standstill, Yeddyurappa accused the coalition government of failure in drought relief measures.
He urged the party workers to start agitations at local level to wake the government "that is in deep slumber.
Unveiling details of campaign programmes from the booth level to constituency level that would include bike rallies, the former chief minister said BJP will take Modi governments achievements to every household.
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Bengaluru: Four arrested for housebreaking, threats, extortion; fake PSI among accused
Bengaluru: Vidyaranyapura police have arrested four persons, including a man posing as a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), for allegedly breaking into a house, threatening the occupants, and extorting money while wearing police uniforms.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mallikarjuna, Pramod, Vinay, and Hrithik.
Police said the accused had hatched a plan to pose as police personnel, conduct fake raids, and extort money from residents by intimidation.
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According to the police, Mallikarjuna had failed the PSI examination twice and later falsely projected himself as a PSI. He allegedly conducted photo shoots in his hometown, Siraguppa, wearing a police uniform, baton, cap, and shoes, claiming to be serving as a PSI in Bengaluru.
On December 7, the four accused allegedly went to the house of Naveen in the Vidyaranyapura limits, threatened him with a stick and an iron rod, and claimed they had information that he was selling ganja. Under the pretext of searching, they allegedly extorted ₹87,000 through bank transfer, ₹53,000 in cash kept in the house, and ₹2,000 from his wallet.
Following Naveen’s complaint, Vidyaranyapura police registered a case and launched an operation, leading to the arrest of all four accused. Police have seized ₹45,000 in cash and the car used to commit the crime.
Further investigation is underway.
