PM Narendra Modi’s 2-day Karnataka visit starts today; here’s the itinerary

The same evening Modi will return to Bengaluru and will visit the Defence Research and Development Organisation and he will stay at the Raj Bhavan.

On January 3, the Prime Minister will inaugurate the 107th Indian Science Congress at the Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra Campus at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bengaluru, before flying back to New Delhi in the afternoon. According to the University of Agricultural Sciences, the participants, include Nobel laureates, scientists, intellectuals, students, academicians, policymakers and delegates from various institutions of 24 countries.

On Wednesday, citing security concerns, the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao issued a notification prohibiting the flying of unmanned aerial objects, including drones, balloons, unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned aircraft systems etc during the visit of the Prime Minister.

Modi will then lay the foundation stone for the Shivakumara Swami museum in Tumakuru.

On Tuesday, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa visited Tumakuru and held a meeting with the officials and reviewed the arrangements made for the programme.

Yediyurappa said, “Modi would arrive in Tumakuru at around 2.15 pm and go to the Siddaganga Mutt to have a darshan of Siddaganga seer Shivakumara Swami’s ‘Gadduge’ (final resting place). And he will interact briefly with the students of the mutt.”

Modi will then lay the foundation stone for the Shivakumara Swami museum in Tumakuru. After the visit to mutt, Modi will address over 1.5 lakh farmers and will launch the 4th phase of the Kisan Samman Yojana in the district and later address a farmers’ rally.

“Prime Minister will take part in the Krishi Karman and Krishi Samman Awards function which about 1.5 lakh people are likely to attend. He is going to give awards to 28 progressive farmers from 21 states,” Yediyurappa added.

Yediyurappa said that the fourth instalment of Rs 2,000 each under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) Yojana would be released by Modi to beneficiaries across the nation by pressing a button at a farmers’ convention.