Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally in poll-bound Karnataka that was flagged off by party chief Amit Shah on Thursday caused the city’s traffic to be held up for over three hours.
Empty seats greeted Shah as he took on the Siddaramaiah government.
The “Nava Karnataka Nirmana Parivarthana Yatra” at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre on Tumakuru Road was to be a convention of 3 lakh workers from across the Karnataka state, with party men riding up on bikes from other districts. Though arrangements were made for 1 lakh workers, few thousand turned up, leaving the organizers cutting a sorry figure before Shah.
Tons of food arranged for 1 lakh party worker reportedly got wasted. The images of food thrown at dumping yard going viral on Social media.
Shame 😈😈😈
உணவு தயார் செய்தது 1 இலட்சம் பேருக்கு, வந்தது 3 ஆயிரம் பேர். pic.twitter.com/UeHhz7nBfN
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Party cadres were on two-wheelers. They were en-route to the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) on the city’s outskirts, where the rally began.
The arterial roads leading to the venue, located on the northwestern suburb of the city, on the National Highway towards Tumakuru and other districts, were completely choked.
Shah, who had landed in the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) airport here on Thursday morning, was also stranded for over an hour. He was then flown in a chopper to the BIEC gathering.
Siasat Web Team