Advani Denies Reports on Bangalore Cancellation, says Trip On
Daijiworld Media Network
Raipur, Oct 23 (IANS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani on Sunday clarified that the Bangalore leg of his Jan Chetna Yetra was on, and that he was unaware of its cancellation.
"I don't have any knowledge that my scheduled trip to Bangalore has been cancelled. I am hearing from you that it has been cancelled," the former deputy prime minister told reporters in Raipur.
"I will go to Karnataka and of course to Bangalore as well," he added.
On Saturday October 22, reliable sources had said that Advani would call off his public meeting in Bangalore and pass through coastal Karnataka only, on account of former Karnataka chief minister Yeddyurappa's arrest on charges of corruption.
Advani is currently in Chhattisgarh on a two-day visit of his yatra.
Advani's Yatra is scheduled to reach Dakshina Kannada district on October 30 from Kasargod in neighbouring Kerala.
According to the schedule, he will fly to Bangalore from Mangalore to address a public meeting in the evening the same day.