BJP president Nitin Nabin held his first organisational meeting with newly appointed national general secretaries, including Smriti Irani, Vinod Tawde and Satish Poonia. The meeting focused on organisational preparations and the party’s roadmap for upcoming Assembly elections across various states
"If you vote for the Congress party for freebies, all our temples, homes, and mutts will be handed over to Muslims," Tejasvi Surya stated at a press briefing at the BJP headquarters in Bengaluru. He added, "If Congress is elected again, there won’t be any future freebies, and Hindu pilgrimage centers like Dharmasthala and Sringeri may cease to exist."