Mr. Yeddyurappa spent the night at an auto driver’s house in Lakshamanapuri slum in Gandhinagar and held a meeting with slum-dwellers. Muniraju, the house owner, said Mr. Yeddyurappa had dinner with them. ‘Slum Daurbhagya’The BJP also released a socio-economic survey of slums in the State called ‘Slum Daurbhagya’ (slum misfortune), punning on the Bhagya schemes by the Siddaramaiah government. But the sector was completely neglected during the Congress tenure, he alleged. CM reactsMeanwhile, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah tweeted: “I welcome the slum stay programme of BJP though it is an election stunt.

Source: The Hindu February 11, 2018 18:33 UTC