This election is to make Karnataka number 1 state in India: PM Modi

PM Modi Karnataka visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has embarked on a two-day visit to poll-bound Karnataka on Saturday (April 29). He will address total six public meetings and hold two roadshows on Saturday and Sunday. 

"I received Bidar's blessing earlier also. This election is not just for winning, it is an election to make Karnataka the number 1 state in the country. The state can only develop when its all parts are developed. This election will decide the role of the state and to make it number 1, double engine govt is very important for the state,' PM Modi addressed a public meeting at Humnabad in Bidar District.

"Foreign investment has increased thrice in the state under the BJP regime compared to the Congress regime. There is double development with double speed in the state. Karnataka is ready for the BJP govt again. Congress had only made fake promises to the farmers and people of Karnataka. Farmers of the state have received no benefits under the Congress government," PM Modi.

PM Modi in Vijayapura:

"Congress never worked for the poor and people of Karnataka, they just looted them. Congress diverted the Vikas fund to the middlemen and ignored the plight of the farmers. Women and daughters of the state suffered a lot under the Congress govt. But the BJP govt empowered them and changed their life by providing several help to them,' said PM Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting in Vijayapura.

"The BJP govt has prioritised every class such as poor, Dalit, destitute, and disabled. In the BJP govt, the society's deprived sections have social and economic security. The double-engine government has worked for the food, and shelter of the poor. There are 9 lakh such families in Karnataka who got entry into their first pucca house after several generations," PM Modi added. 

"Congress, which did not understand the teachings of Lord Basavanna, always opposed Babasaheb Ambedkar, that Congress can never work for Dalits and backwards and solve their problems," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. 

Now, PM Modi will fly to Kudachi in Belagavi district where he will address people at around 3:00 pm.

Earlier, PM Modi flew from Delhi today by a special aircraft to Bidar airport from there he took a helicopter to Humnabad in Bidar district to address a public meeting. 

PM roadshow in Bengaluru:

Later, Modi would fly to Bengaluru in the evening to hold a roadshow in Bengaluru North. After staying in Bengaluru, he would then depart from Raj Bhavan on Sunday to fly to Kolar where he will address a public meeting at 11:30 am.

From Kolar, the Prime Minister would then fly to Channapatna in Ramanagara district to address a public meeting at 1:30 pm. Modi would then go to the temple town of Belur in Hassan district where he will address people at 3:45 pm.

The Prime Minister’s next destination will be Mysuru the same evening, where he will hold a roadshow. After the event, he would fly from Mysuru to Delhi by the special aircraft.

This is Modi’s ninth visit to poll-bound Karnataka this year since February where Assembly elections to 224 seats are due on May 10.

On March 29, the election commission of India announced the schedule for the Karnataka elections. The polls are slated to take place on May 10 (Wednesday) and the counting will take place on May 13 (Saturday). 

(With agencies inputs) 

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