He was addressing at a felicitation function organised by the taluk’s Veerashaiva Samaj in Basavanagudi here recently and said that the people should see that the BJP returns to power in the State after seeing the work done during his reign.

If his party came to power then programmes would be launched which would benefit all sections of the society. Hence, the party needed the blessings of all the communities and it should work hard to get it, he said.

BJP State president Sadananda Gowda, district unit president Krishnaiah Shetty, former MP M Srinivas, Veerashaiva Samaj president K Vikram, honorary president Mallanna, vice president Somashekar, Shivakumar, secretary Gubbashetty, treasurer Aradhya, leaders Rajashekar, Nataraj and others were present.

Veerashiav Samaj leader Veerashekar welcomed and compered the programme.