PM Modi takes out mega roadshow in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Apr 29: Ending a busy day of electioneering for the BJP in poll-bound Karnataka after back-to-back rallies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part in a mega roadshow in north Bengaluru on Saturday drawing an enormous response from a huge crowd.
Modi, who flew into the city from Kudachi in Belagavi district in northern Karnataka around 5 pm after addressing his third public meeting in the state, rode in a specially designed vehicle.
Sporting a saffron cap, Modi was flanked by Bangalore North MP D V Sadananda Gowda and BJP MLC C Narayanaswamy.
A large number of people thronged both sides of the road to catch a glimpse of the Prime Minister and showered flowers on him.
At the end of the roadshow, Modi walked on the road for a brief period waving at people and then boarded his bullet-proof car. Seeing the Prime Minister from a close proximity, people started chanting 'Modi-Modi'.
The BJP flags, festoons and posters dotted the road and a group of artists performed 'Dollu Kunita', a popular drum dance, enroute to the roadshow.
The 5.3-kilometre long roadshow passed through various locations in north Bengaluru including Magadi Road, Nice Road Junction to Sumanahalli.
Traffic snarls were witnessed due to the roadshow. Police had issued traffic advisory to people asking them to avoid certain roads from where the Prime Minister's convoy would pass through.
Elaborate security arrangements were made throughout the route that Modi roadshow's traversed in the city.
For his first election campaign in Karnataka since poll dates were announced, Modi flew in from Delhi and reached Bidar in the morning. He addressed three consecutive public meetings in Humnabad in Bidar, district headquarter town in Vijayapura and Kudachi in Belagavi district.
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The Prime Minister will stay overnight in Bengaluru and head out from Raj Bhavan on Sunday morning to hold back-to-back public meetings in the district headquarters town of Kolar, Channapatna in Ramanagara district and Belur in Hassan district.
He will also hold a roadshow in Mysuru on Sunday before heading back to Delhi.
The BJP is attempting to return to power in Karnataka with the ruling party pitted against its principal rival Congress.
The state goes to the polls on May 10 and the results will be declared on May 13.
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು! ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿಯ ಹಲವಾರು ಮತದಾರರು ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಆಶೀರ್ವದಿಸಲು ಬಂದಿರುವುದನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ನನಗೆ ಸಂತೋಷವಾಗಿದೆ. pic.twitter.com/nfeOTeP3zm
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 29, 2023
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Air India Express crisis: 5 flights cancelled in Kolkata; efforts on to get back to normalcy
Kolkata (PTI): Air India Express on Friday cancelled five flights on four routes from Kolkata as the airline is making efforts to get back to normalcy following the cabin crew-related crisis, an official said.
The airline cancelled two flights between Kolkata and Hyderabad, one each to Chennai, Cochin and Ayodhya, an Air India Express spokesperson told PTI.
These were among the total of 120 flights, both domestic and international, that were cancelled across the country on Friday, even after the section of the cabin crew who had been on strike since Tuesday night had called it off on Thursday.
According to the spokesperson, besides the 120 cancellations, the airline operated 246 flights to various destinations of which 20 flights were operated by Air India and two by Vistara.
Sources in the airline said though the cabin crew started reporting back to work, putting them on flights was not possible immediately due to a lot of technicalities related to rostering and re-rostering.
Things are expected to be fully normal in one-and-a-half days.
Sources also said that some time will also be consumed in the medical check-up of the cabin crew who reported back to work, besides working out the entire duty roster.
Notably, the strike (sudden mass sick leave) by a section of the cabin crew since Tuesday night had resulted in cancellation of more than 170 flights was called off on Thursday evening.
The airline also had withdrawn the termination letters issued to 25 striking cabin crew.
The cabin crew had started reporting sick to protest against alleged mismanagement at the airline.
