![PM to virtually interact with 50 lakh BJP workers in State on April 27](https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/c8s1jw/article66778692.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_1200/PTI04_25_2023_000217B.jpg)
PM to virtually interact with 50 lakh BJP workers in State on April 27
The Hindu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact through virtual mode with about 50 lakh workers of the BJP in poll-bound Karnataka on April 27.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact through virtual mode with about 50 lakh workers of the BJP in poll-bound Karnataka on April 27.
Announcing this at a press conference in Bengaluru on Tuesday, BJP State election management committee convener and Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje said the virtual interaction would start at 9.30 a.m. on Thursday.
It would be held at 58,112 booths and 1,680 places at the zilla panchayat level. The Prime Minister will reply to individual queries by party workers at 15 places in the State, she said, and noted that about 24 lakh party workers had downloaded the “Modi app” for participating in the interaction.
The party is expecting this will build a tempo for the Prime Minister’s multiple visits scheduled later to address the poll conventions.
Meanwhile, speaking at Terdal of Bagalkot district, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said if the Congress were to come to power, there would be “communal violence and riots across the State.” He claimed there would be large-scale corruption and there will not be any development.
Mr. Shah said that the BJP’s electoral prospects will not be affected in any way with Lingayat leaders Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi leaving the party. “A leader or two leaving will not affect us,” he said at a rally.
“Some Lingayat leaders have left the BJP and the Congress is hoping to gain from their entry. But that will never happen. The Congress is a party that has always insulted Lingayats. All through its reign, only two Lingayats, S. Nijalingappa and Veerendra Patil, were made Chief Ministers. Even they were humiliated and removed later. But the Congress is talking about the BJP not treating Lingayat leaders well,” he said.
![](/newspic/picid-1269750-20240611003910.jpg)
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
![](/newspic/picid-1269750-20240610192527.jpg)
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
![](/newspic/picid-1269750-20240610183344.jpg)
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.