Will make sure Karnataka is Congress-free: PM Modi

TIL Desk/National/Bengaluru/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will make sure Karnataka is “Congress-free” after the upcoming elections. “The countdown for the Congress to be dispelled from the state has begun. We will make sure Karnataka is Congress-free,” Modi said at a party rally here.

The Prime Minister was on a day-long visit to the city to address the event that marks the culmination of the party’s 90-day rally across the districts of Karnataka. “The BJP will take Karnataka to new heights on the path of development.”

In an attempt to please the people at the rally, the Prime Minister delivered the first few lines of his address in Kannada. Having landed at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Airport in the afternoon, the Prime Minister was flown to the venue in a chopper.

Thousands of youth and IT professionals from the city, along with several farmers and citizens from across the state, attended the event at the sprawling Palace Grounds.

Named “Nava Karnataka Nirmana Parivartana Yatra” (journey to build a new Karnataka), the rally across 224 assembly constituencies of the state was flagged off on November 2 by the party’s national President Amit Shah.