Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday dropped plans to have an eight-hour road-show by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, following concerns expressed by Bengalureans over difficulties that they will face with such a day-long programme, reported news agency PTI.
Roadshow will now be conduct over the weekend
Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje said the Prime Minister would now hold a road-show on two days -- 10 am to 1.30 pm on Saturday, and 10 am to 2.30 pm on Sunday.
The party on Wednesday said Modi would hold a 36.6 km road-show here on Saturday -- covering a distance of 10.1 km from 11 am to 1 pm, and 26.5 km from 4 pm to 10 pm.
"The public has expressed that it will be a problem if the road-show is held for the entire day. So, we have respected their feeling and spread it over two days", Karandlaje told reporters on Thursday.
Party leaders said the road-shows on May 6 and 7 would pass through 19 of the total 28 Assembly constituencies in the city.
Karnataka votes on May 10. May 8 is the last day for campaigning and the votes would be counted on May 13.
(With inputs from PTI)
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