Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was visiting Karnataka to attend two events on Saturday, suffered from “food poisoning”, but was now “perfect”, senior BJP leader and central minister Pralhad Joshi said.
Shah had arrived in Hubballi late on Friday. He asked me to convey this message to you. Shah, who was scheduled to inaugurate the new academic building of KLE Jagadguru Gangadhar Mahaswamigalu Moorusavirmath Medical College and the 1,200-bed KLE Hospital and Medical Research Centre at Gabbur in Hubballi, skipped the event earlier in the day.
However, local leaders said he visited the campus in the evening before heading to the airport for Delhi. Speaking to reporters, he said Shah was “perfect” now. KLE Society Chairman and former Rajya Sabha MP Prabhakar Kore, while addressing the gathering, said, “Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was the main attraction of this historic event, has remained in the hotel on the advice of doctors as he developed health issues.
Earlier in the day, Joshi along with Karnataka Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil, former chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, Jagadish Shettar and Sri Gurusiddha Rajayogindra Swami of Shri Jagadguru Moorusavirmath inaugurated the KLE’s campuses in Hubballi in Shah’s absence.
