Hubballi (Karnataka), Sep 19 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister, Amit Shah, who arrived in Hubballi late on Friday night, will participate in various programmes in Karnataka on Saturday, including the inauguration of a new KLE medical college, hospital in Hubballi and the new headquarters of Shri Beereshwar Cooperative Credit Society in Examba, Belagavi district.
Karnataka BJP President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra, taking to social media X on Saturday, stated, “Welcomed Shah in Hubballi and said his presence had brought renewed energy and enthusiasm among party workers across the state.”
Vijayendra further said Shah’s presence and guidance would provide greater strength to the party organisation.
Several BJP leaders were present during HM Shah’s arrival in Hubballi, including Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, BJP national vice-president and Rajya Sabha member M. Nagaraj, former Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai, former Chief Minister and MP Jagadish Shettar, Hubballi-Dharwad Mayor Durgamma Bijawad, MLAs Arvind Bellad and Mahesh Tenginakai, and Legislative Council member Lingaraj Patil.
HM Shah arrived in Hubballi late on Friday night and stayed at a private hotel. He is scheduled to take part in the two programmes in Hubballi and Examba on Saturday.
HM Shah will inaugurate the new KLE JGMM Medical College and Hospital and Medical Research Centre at 11 a.m. at the KLE JGMM Medical College and Hospital in Hubballi.
The new KLE medical campus at Gabbur has been developed over 50 acres and includes the medical college and hospital facilities. Reports ahead of the inauguration said the integrated campus was built at an estimated cost of Rs 700 crore.
Later, HM Shah will travel to Examba in Belagavi district, where he will inaugurate the new headquarters building of Shri Beereshwar Cooperative Credit Society at 2.15 p.m. at Shri Beereshwar Bhavan on the Examba-Chikkodi Road.
According to his programme shared on social media X, HM Shah will travel to Maharashtra’s Kolhapur by special aircraft after his Hubballi programme and proceed from Kolhapur to Examba in Chikkodi taluk of Belagavi district, by road.
HM Shah’s Karnataka visit is part of his two-day programme in the state on September 18 and 19.
–IANS
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