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Bengaluru, Aug 26: The renovated horse-riding statue of Basaveshwara, the Lingayat community’s 12th century philosopher-saint, was inaugurated by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa in Bengaluru on Wednesday August 26.

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had renovated the statue erected near the Basaveshwara Circle in the vicinity of Vidhana Soudha, the seat of power of Karnataka government.

Deputy Chief Minister Dr C N Ashwatha Narayana, Housing Minister V Somanna, Kannada, Culture and Tourism Minister C T Ravi and BBMP Mayor Gautam Kumar were present. 

The Chief Minister later inaugurated a Super-Specialty Hospital of the BBBMP in the Shivajinagar assembly constituency.

Deputy Chief Minister Dr C N Ashwatha Narayana, Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar, Housing Minister V Somanna, Rizwan Arshad, MLA, BBMP Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad and Mayor Gautam Kumar participated in the programme.

The Chief Minister also inaugurated the Kempegowda Indoor Sports Stadium and other development works in the Chikpet assembly constituency.

BBMP Mayor Gautam Kumar, Housing Minister V Somanna, Uday Garudachar, MLA, Vani V Rao, BBMP Corporator, and Adamya Chetana Trust President Tejaswini Ananthkumar attended the programme.