Amit Shah suffers food poisoning in Karnataka, skips scheduled events

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was in Karnataka to attend two events on Saturday, suffered from "food poisoning" and is now "perfect", senior BJP leader and Union minister Pralhad Joshi said.

Shah skipped an event in Hubballi earlier in the day and his visit to Belagavi district was cancelled. However, local leaders said he visited the KLE campus in Hubballi in the evening before leaving for Delhi.

Shah was scheduled to inaugurate the new academic building of KLE Jagadguru Gangadhar Mahaswamigalu Moorusavirmath Medical College and the 1,200-bed KLE Hospital and Medical Research Centre at Gabbur in Hubballi.

Earlier in the day, Joshi, Karnataka Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil, former chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, Belagavi MP Jagadish Shettar and Sri Gurusiddha Rajayogindra Swami of Shri Jagadguru Moorusavirmath inaugurated the KLE campuses in his absence.

At the event, KLE Society Chairman and former Rajya Sabha MP Prabhakar Kore said, "Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was the main attraction of this historic event, has remained in the hotel on the advice of doctors as he developed health issues. He asked me to convey this message to you."

Shah had arrived in Hubballi late on Friday.

Shah's visit to Examba in Chikkodi taluk of Belagavi district, where he was scheduled to inaugurate the new headquarters building of Sri Beereshwara Cooperative Credit Society, was cancelled.

Speaking to reporters in Examba, Joshi said, "Amit Shah should have come here. He suffered ill health due to food poisoning. Annasaheb Jolle (former BJP MP) had invited me and Shettar (Belagavi MP Jagadish Shettar) for the event, we were supposed to come along with him, but only we have come now."

Joshi later said Shah was "perfect" now. "Naturally, due to vomiting from food poisoning, he had some weakness," he added.