Current Context: Union Home Minister and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah unveiled the statues of Lord Basaveshwara ji and Nadaprabhu Kempegowda ji in the state assembly premises of Drama in Bengaluru.
- Apart from this, hoisted the 103 feet high tri colour at Gorta Martyr's Memorial at Gorta Maidan in Bidar district of Karnataka and inaugurated the memorial of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
- Lord Basaveshwara and Nadaprabhu Kempegowda are two prominent historical figures from Karnataka, a state in South India.
- These statues will continue to give the message of social justice, democracy, good governance and development of Basavanna ji and Kempegowda ji to those elected in the assembly.
