AAP demands Modi visit monthly for road repairs, stage protests

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Aam Aadmi Party found a novel way to stage protests as they demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit Bengaluru on a monthly basis so that the city’s roads are repaired more often and are in better shape.

Party workers held placards against the government on Thursday morning on the road opposite to the railway station and near Dattatreya temple road in Malleswaram in the afternoon on the eve of the PM’s visit to the city. However, AAP leaders protesting near the railway station were detained by the police.

AAP Bengaluru president Mohan Dasari said: “The government which is in power in the state has least concern for the common man. Though many motorists have fallen because of potholes and broken their limbs, the government did not bother.

Now the potholes are repaired and closed in a hurry because Modi is coming. Only the roads that are planned for Modi’s travel are being repaired and the rest of the roads are neglected. It is evident that Basavaraj Bommai's sole intention is to please Modi and become the CM candidate in the next elections."