Bengaluru: Apr 2 (DHNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in the city by a special flight at HAL airport on Thursday to participate in the BJP national office-bearers’ and executive meetings.

During his two-day stay, he will address a public meeting at National College Grounds in Basavanagudi at 5 pm on April 3. It will be the fifth public rally to be addressed by Modi in Bengaluru after he was declared the prime ministerial candidate.

Party national president Amit Shah, former chief ministers B S Yeddyurappa, D V Sadananda Gowda, Jagadish Shettar, Union Minister Ananth Kumar, K S Eshwarappa and R Ashoka will be sharing the dais with Modi.

Modi will land at HAL airport at 2.30 pm and will be received by Governor Vajubhai Vala and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah among others. BJP workers will be present outside the airport to greet the prime minister.

Official sources said Modi will address the national executive on April 4. The prime minister will leave for New Delhi the same day at 2.30 pm. During his stay, Modi will interact with BJP MPs and legislators.

Amit Shah lands in Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Apr 2 (DHNS): When Amit Shah arrived in Bengaluru on Wednesday evening, party workers and leaders made every effort to garland him.

But it was not easy to see him from close quarters, thanks to the security cover.

The Kempegowda International Airport was thronged by BJP men sporting saffron caps and T-shirts. He arrived by a special aircraft. Shah will be in the City for the next three days.

He was accorded a traditional welcome by B S Yeddyurappa, Ananth Kumar, D V Sadananda Gowda, Shobha Karandlaje, R Ashoka, Katta Subramanya Naidu and others.

Party workers had waited for nearly two hours outside the VVIP exit point, to have a glimpse of their leader. Though his vehicle did not stop for long, he made it a point to wave at the crowd.