Mangaluru, Dec 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has celebrated the joy of Bharatiya Janata Party’s election victories in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh with his fans in the coastal city of Mangaluru.
Mr Modi arrived by a special flight at Mangaluru International Airport at 12:05 a.m. on Tuesday though he was expected to land there at 10:30 p.m. on Monday.
Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan, Karnataka top cop Neelamani Raju, Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner Sasikanth Senthil, local MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, legislators Sunil Kumar, Kota Srinivas Poojary, S Angara were present at the Airport among others to welcome the PM.
It was double celebration for the BJP leaders and workers in Mangaluru as their supreme leader himself was present with them to celebrate the party’s poll victories in two states.
Mr Modi then headed to Circuit House in the city amid tight security and spent the night there. He is expected to fly to Lakshadweep by a special helicopter on Tuesday morning.
This is PM’s second visit to the coastal Karnataka within two months. He had visited Dharmasthala on October 29. He is likely to visit Udupi soon, sources said.
Mr Modi became the third Prime Minister of India to stay in Mangaluru. In 1957 then PM Jawaharlal Nehru had stayed in the house of late Congress leader Octavia Albuquerque. During his second visit he had stayed in the house of Gajanana Rao Pandith. In 1971 then PM Indira Gandhi had stayed at Circuit House during a poll campaign in Mangaluru.
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