BJP chief Amit Shah gets rousing welcome at Mangaluru Railway Station

Mangaluru, Aug 21: Bharatiya Janata Party supremo Amit Shah was accorded a warm welcome by the local leaders of his party at Mangalore Junction Railway Station early on Sunday morning.

As Mr Shah emerged out of Kocchuveli-Chandigarh Express at 4:30 amidst tight security, Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, district BJP president Sanjeev Mathandoor, Chikkamagaluru MLA CT Ravi among others surrounded him while the women gave him a traditional welcome.

Leaders of various Hindutva outfits and hundreds of BJP activists were also present on the occasion.

Mr. Shah will plant saplings in front of the BIP's district office at PVS Circle at 10 a.m. Later, he would inaugurate Tiranga Yatre of vehicles at Pumpwell at 10.20 a.m. No party flags, banners would be used.

The yatre would proceed to Mangalagangotri campus of Mangalore University via Thokkottu. After inaugurating the yatre, Mr. Shah would garland Rani Abbakka's statue at Ullal at 11 a.m. He would address a gathering at the Mangala auditorium of the university at 11.30 a.m. The programme would end by 1 p.m. Mr. Shah is expected to leave the city at 4 p.m.

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