Mangaluru: Mahendra Singh, the minister of state for rural development, medical and health in the Yogi Adityanath government in UP, in spite of compulsions of ministerial post back home, does not shy away from an electoral battle.
He has handled election action for his party in Assam, Haryana, Jharkhand, Gujarat and Tripura before heading for election-bound Karnataka.
In charge of the two mammoth election rallies that Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed in Udupi and Mangaluru, Singh ensured that every nitty-gritty was taken care of.
I have handled elections in various states and this is my first political assignment in Karnataka. The response to PM’s rallies in Udupi and Mangaluru is unprecedented and beyond imagination. It was like of flood of humanity that descended on the two places and our arrangements fell short.
In Mangaluru, the PM’s motorcade had to wade through a sea of humanity lined up to greet him from the airport to the venue, which was overflowing.
Undoubtedly. One cannot compare the public response that the PM’s rally has received in the coast compared to the rest of Karnataka. Both in Udupi and Mangaluru, there were as many people waiting outside the venue compared to those inside.
This mass overflow of emotions is possible only with PM’s rally and the coast has reciprocated to it, which PM has assured to repay with interest in the form of accelerated development of the two districts. It is this undercurrent (of sentiments) that will see BJP storm ahead to form government in Karnataka.