Shah cuts short K’taka tour due to ill health

president Amit Shah cut short his two-day tour of pollbound Karnataka’s coastal districts because he was unwell, party leaders said Wednesday.

BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje said Shah, who was unwell even before reaching the state, was advised by doctors not to exert himself. “He was running a temperature of 104 degrees and was also coughing,” she said.

Shah left from Honnavar to Hubballi, from where he is scheduled to take a flight to New Delhi. He was scheduled to address booth-level party workers of Uttara Kannada district and visit Gokarna, both of which had to be cancelled.

Earlier in the day, Shah addressed party’s social media members in communally sensitive Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada about the strategy for the upcoming elections.

Elections in Karnataka are scheduled to be held in May and BJP is making all-out efforts to wrest it from the Congress.

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RAHUL GANDHI TO CAMPAIGN FROM FEB 24

Congress president Rahul Gandhi will resume his campaign in Karnataka on February 24.

During his three-day second leg of canvassing, Gandhi will cover Belgaum, Vijayapura (Bijapur), Bagalkot and Dharwad districts from the MumbaiKarnataka region of the state.

PM TO HOLD RALLIES IN NORTHEASTERN STATES

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address election rallies in Nagaland as well in Meghalaya on Thursday. Both Meghalaya and Nagaland will vote on February 27. Modi will address an election rally at Tuensang district of Nagaland and then go to Meghalaya to address a rally in West Garo Hills district