We do not know Yogi, came for Rs 300: People at Mandya rally

Say BJP workers brought them in buses & tempos

By Hamsaveni N

Manypeople who attended Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’srally in Mandya on Wednesday said BJP workers promised to give them money after attending the event.

An elderly woman who does not know Adityanath attended the rally just because she was promised Rs300. “A guy from our village asked me and other villagers to join the rally. We came in two buses with 60 people in each bus.”

Sidhamma,awoman who came with a group of daily-wages elderly women from Ummadahalli village in Mandya district, said over 120 people were brought to the meetingin two big buses and one tempo. “We were promised Rs 200 after the rally. We are not sure, but I think they have noted down our names in a list. We have no idea about all these politicians and parties. We are not mucheducated; we will vote

Yogi promises a free guest house

During his visit to Mandya, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday spoke about “the glory” of the BJP in bringing its achievement in front of millions of Kannadigas. The UP CM, along with Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh and education minister C.N Ashwath Narayan, praised UP transformation from ‘goonda raj’ to a ‘developed place’. The chief minister promised to build a free guest house for Kannadigas visiting Ram temple in Ayodhya. Hundreds of people including women and children had come to witness rally and participated in the same. P2 for whoever we feel like voting.”

When The Observer asked a man in rally if he was there to see Yogi Adityanath, he said he came because he was promised money. daily-wages workers shared their anguish over their living conditions

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