PM Modi to visit Bengaluru on Aug 26 to congratulate ISRO team for Chandrayaan-3's success

The Karnataka BJP is planning a grand welcome for the Prime Minister by organising a mega road show in the city on his arrival, senior BJP leader and former Minister R Ashoka said on Thursday.

The BJP has planned a big roadshow to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Peenya this Saturday to celebrate the success of Chandrayaan-3.

Modi is slated to visit the ISRO facility to congratulate and felicitate scientists.

BJP national general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh has directed his party colleagues to hold a roadshow, which is planned from Jalahalli Circle to ISTRAC at Peenya-Dasarahalli.

Accordingly, a team led by BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel and party lawmakers R Ashoka, SR Vishwanath and S Muniraju took stock of preparations for the roadshow. BJP leaders also held talks with the police.

"PM Modi will be landing at the HAL airport straight after completing his foreign engagement in South Africa. He will be arriving at around 5 pm. The proposed route for the roadshow is from Jalahalli Circle to the ISRO facility," Ashoka said.

The party wants to mobilise 10,000-15,000 people to witness Modi's roadshow, which could also double-up as a soft launch of the BJP's Lok Sabha election campaign in Bengaluru.

However, Ashoka said the party has instructed the cadre that there should not be any pro-BJP slogans during the roadshow. Also, no party flags should be waived. "Our party workers have been asked to carry only national flags. We have received strict instructions from the above that we will be celebrating the country’s scientific achievement and hard work of the scientists. Therefore, our party workers will celebrate the success of mother India and her illustrious sons - the scientists and PM Modi,” he said.

Kateel said the BJP will mobilise workers from the Assembly constituencies of Dasarahalli, Yelahanka, Magadi and Rajarajeshwari Nagar. “We plan it to make it the most memorable roadshow in the days to come. This is a celebration of Bharat Mata and not BJP,” he insisted.