Overview
- Nitin Nabin visited Bengaluru for the first time as BJP national president and was welcomed by state leaders on arrival.
- On Sunday he chaired organisational and state core committee meetings, replaced two core committee members and issued detailed instructions on MLC and Rajya Sabha contests.
- Nabin told the state unit not to be complacent and ordered constituency-level 'chargesheets' that list alleged failures of the Congress government to form focused local campaigns.
- He publicly accused the Karnataka Congress of betraying the public and using the state government as an 'ATM,' using that charge to sharpen the BJP’s messaging for upcoming polls.
- The visit intensified speculation about whether B.Y. Vijayendra will get a second term as state president and set immediate follow-ups including training camps, candidate planning and bypoll preparation.