BJP rebel K.S. Eshwarappa says ‘Modi is in my heart. How can he be removed from my heart?’
The Hindu
Shivamogga district unit of BJP has moved the district court, objecting to independent candidate K.S. Eshwarappa’s using Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photo in election campaign in Shivamogga
Former deputy CM K.S. Eshwarappa, who is contesting as an independent candidate in the Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat, has countered the demand of the BJP t0 remove Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photo from his campaign material.
“No matter whatever the outcome in court on using Modi’s photo in my campaign, Modi is in my heart. How can anybody remove it?” he told mediapersons in Shivamogga on April 17.
Shivamogga unit of the BJP has moved the district court, objecting to Mr. Eshwarappa using Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photo in his campaign in Shivamogga. The matter is scheduled to come up for hearing on April 18.
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