Bengaluru: Union Minister Amit Shah arrived in Bengaluru on Tuesday for a day-long visit to the southern state, which will hold elections early next year. On his arrival in Bengaluru, the Union minister was greeted by Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Lok Sabha MP Tejasvi Surya, and Bharatiya Janata Party National Secretary CT Ravi, among others. During his visit, the Union Home Minister is expected to discuss state cabinet expansion with the Chief Minister.

"Amit Shah is expected to visit Bengaluru on May 3," Bommai stated earlier. "I will try to use the opportunity to seek an audience to discuss cabinet expansion."

Meanwhile, during a day of public events in Bengaluru, Minister of Cooperation Shah will inaugurate Nrupathunga University and the NATGRID facility. At 10 a.m. on Basava Jayanthi, the Home Minister is expected to pay tribute to Sri Basavanna in the city's Basaveshwar Circle.

He will then lay the foundation stone for Nrupathunga University, which was previously known as Government Science College. The college was founded by the former Maharaja of Mysore, Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar. It transitioned from an undergraduate college to a postgraduate college with a research programme before receiving university status in 2020.

The Home Minister will take part in the e-inauguration of the Bellari forensic science laboratory and then unveil the E-Beat App during the occasion.The Bengaluru NATGRID Campus will be inaugurated by the Home Minister at noon in the city's Sathnur village.

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