Mangaluru: Mangaluru South MLA D Vedavyas Kamath has predicted that BJP candidate Nalin Kumar Kateel will secure a lead of 25,000 votes from his assembly constituency alone.
Speaking to the reporters at BJP’s election office on Tuesday, April 16, Vedavyas said, “when Assembly election was held last year, I defeated the Congress candidate by 16,700 votes. As public are pleased over the developmental works of Nalin, they would re-elect him. Hence, Mangaluru South constituency alone will give a big lead of 25,000 votes to Nalin this time”.
Informing about the development works of the union government, Vedavyas said, “ after Modi government came to power at the centre, a total of 431 different welfare programmes have been implemented and a total of Rs 3,65,996 crore has been deposited to the beneficiaries’ bank accounts under various schemes”.
Meanwhile, he also asked the public to compare the asset of Nalin with the other Congress leaders, opining that Nalin’s assets have not shot up drastically despite being an MP for two terms. “There is no single black mark on Nalin’s image. His work is visible and people will stand by him, ” the MLA said.
BJP leaders Kishore Kumar Rai , Prabha Malini, R C Narayan, Sandhya Venkatesh and Bhaskarchandra Shetty were present.
