Dharwad: The urn containing ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will arrive in
Dharwad city on Saturday.
Senior
BJP leader and councillor Vijayanand Shetty said the ashes will travel to Navalgund, Hebballi before reaching Dharwad.
A grand reception will be accorded at Hebballi Agasi and at the BJP office on Subhas Road and it will be kept at Kadapa Maidan for the public to pay their respects. MLAs Jagadish Shettar, Arvind Bellad, Amrut Desai, MP
Pralhad Joshi and other leaders will be present.
At 6:30 pm the urn will be taken to Kittur and then to M K
Hubballi before immersing it in Malaprabha river.
Rajnath Singh to visit city
Union home minister Rajnath Singh will visit Murugha Mutt on September 9 and take part in the centenary celebration of Prasad Nilaya. Later, he will take part in the inauguration of an international swimming pool constructed under the Khelo India scheme.
BJP to protest
Condemning the negligence of the state government towards North Karnataka, the BJP has decided to launch a three-day protest on September 5, 7 and 8 in front of the deputy commissioner's office from 10am to 5pm.
‘Rahul an immature leader’
AICC president
Rahul Gandhi is issuing irresponsible statement on ISIS, said Dharwad MP Pralhad Joshi. Speaking to reporters in Hubballi after receiving Vajpayee’s ashes on Friday, Joshi said, “Rahul, who has asserted that unemployment is the reason for the birth of ISIS, shows that he is an immature leader and he doesn’t have a brain. The irony is that KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao is also following this immature leader.”
“Congress has always been anti-Hindu and has been supporting anti-nationals. Though it won only 44 seats in the previous Lok Sabha election for this reason, it’s not learning a lesson. If it continues with the same, it will lose its existence in the nation,” he added.
Responding to Congress’ criticism on BJP immersing Vajpayee’s ashes across the country, Joshi said, “Rajiv Gandhi had sought votes showing the ashes of his mother Indira Gandhi. But we are not seeking votes holding Vajpayee’s ashes. We are only doing it as a respect to Vajpayee and fulfill the desire of commoners, who could not offer their last respects to the former prime minister,” he said.
