BENGALURU: BJP president Amit Shah is retracing most of the route that his Congress counterpart Rahul Gandhi had taken in the north eastern part (Hyderabad-Karnataka) of election-bound Karnataka during his ongoing three-day tour, but leaving out all the Muslim-associated places in the region.If Gandhi visited the twin-religious places of Sharanabasappa temple and the Khwaja Bande Nawaz darga in Kalaburagi, ten days ago, Shah visited only the former. We don’t want promises, we want action now,” farmer leader Mallikarjunswamy of Bidar told ET. “We gave lakhs of crores to Karnataka government from the Centre, did you get any of it?” he asked. He also met business leaders in the same location that Gandhi did. The only other elements in Shah’s tour (which Gandhi didn’t do) are a meeting at a women’s college and a visit to Malked (Manyaketha) which is an important Brahmin centre, both scheduled for Monday.

Source: Economic Times February 26, 2018 01:04 UTC