Shivamogga airport to boost business, says PM Modi ahead of its inauguration
Bengaluru (PTI): Days ahead of his visit to Shivamogga in poll-bound Karnataka to inaugurate the newly built airport, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the facility will boost commerce, connectivity and enhance tourism in the region.
Modi was responding to the tweet threads of Shivamogga MP B Y Raghavendra, who shared a video of the airport and its terminal on his Twitter handle, saying the dream of an airport in Shivamogga has come true.
"The airport in Shivamogga will boost commerce, connectivity and enhance tourism," Modi said.
The Prime Minister will inaugurate the greenfield airport in Shivamogga on February 27, which happens to be former chief minister B S Yediyurappa's birthday when he will turn 80.
Raghavendra, who is Yediyurappa's elder son, tweeted: "The dream of an airport at Shivamogga is coming true! The Shivamogga Airport will establish itself as not merely an airport, but as the gateway of Malnad region's journey to transformation."
The Lok Sabha member said the airport with a lotus shaped terminal will cater to the demand of not just the people of Shivamogga but also entire central Karnataka.
It will give wings to the aspirations of the youth and help create lakhs of employment opportunities for them, he said adding that industries, especially IT, tourism and dairy sector will significantly be benefitted.
"Due to the guidance of PM Shri @narendramodi Ji and efforts of our Double Engine Sarkar, this aspirational project has been realised in a record time," Raghavendra said.
Shivamogga is the home district of Yediyurappa and his family, though his native place is Bookanakere in Mandya district.
Yediyurappa has announced his retirement from electoral politics.
Earlier, PM Modi retweeted the former chief minister's farewell speech in the Karnataka assembly, saying: "As a worker of BJP, I found this speech very inspiring. This reflects our party's ethics. It will definitely inspire other party workers as well."
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Rahul Gandhi, Kharge to attend all-party meet on Pahalgam attack: Congress sources
New Delhi (PTI): Leaders of the Opposition in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, will attend the all-party meeting convened by the Centre on the Pahalgam terror attack on Thursday evening, Congress sources said.
Congress president Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi earlier attended the meeting of the Congress Working Committee, which condemned the attack that left 26 people, mostly tourists, dead.
The meeting at the party's 24, Akbar Road headquarters was attended by top Congress leaders, including CPP chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
Earlier, the Congress demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who would be chairing the all-party meeting, take all political parties into confidence as well as build a collective resolve.
Congress general secretary in-charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, said on the night of April 22, the day the terror attack took place, his party had asked for an all-party meeting to discuss the fallout of the incident.
"Considering the extreme seriousness of the issue and the mood of the nation, the Indian National Congress expects the PM to chair the all-party meeting scheduled for 6 pm today and take all political parties into confidence and build a collective resolve," Ramesh said.
The Centre will brief leaders of various political parties on the Pahalgam terror attack and hear their views at the meeting.
