Did Modi launch BJP’s campaign months ahead of Karnataka Assembly polls?

On Sunday, during his visit to Karnataka, PM Narendra Modi blew the bugle for Assembly polls in Bengaluru.

Bengaluru, Oct 30: Once again the country is in the grip of election fever, as the states of Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat are going to polls in November and December respectively.

However, there are several months for the Karnataka Assembly elections, which will likely to take place before May next year. But it seems Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not want to miss any opportunity to campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) anywhere he visits.

On Sunday, during his hectic day-long stay in Karnataka, as he visited several places in the state in less than 24 hours, Modi blew the bugle for Assembly polls in Bengaluru in a subtle way.

The PM said that he gets the feeling that the people of Karnataka are impatient for the polls. "The people want to be connected to speedy development like the rest of India. I am confident that after the polls, Karnataka will be aligned with speedy development,'' Modi added.

Looking at the political activities, both the ruling Congress and the BJP in Karnataka have already started their poll preparations for the next year. While the Congress has to fight anti-incumbency and lack of development under the chief minister Siddaramaiah government, the BJP might have to face the ire of voters because of unpopular economic policies like the demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax (GST) of the Modi government.

Modi's Sunday sojourn to Karnataka was a mix of spiritual and official works.

The PM visited several places in the state to attend a series of events which include participating in the Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project in Dakshina Kannada, the 10th anniversary of 'Shree Soundarya Lahari Samarpana' in Bengaluru and inaugurating a 116-km railway line in north Karnataka built at a cost of Rs 1,282 crore.

Reports suggest that once polls in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh get over, Modi is likely to visit Karnataka more often than he generally does.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi too made several sojourns to the state in recent times.

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