Ronald D F D’Souza
Daijiworld, News Network – Bahrain (GA)
Bahrain, Nov 13: Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa along with two other state ministers and delegates arrived in Bahrain on Wednesday November 12 night. On arrival they were received by Indian Ambassador Balakrishna Shetty and Kannada Sangha president Austin Santhosh and other executive committee members together with senior committee. From the airport they were all escorted to Bahrain Sheraton Hotel.
At the hotel reception, they were introduced to several community members and they discussed their programme and schedule during their stay in Bahrain.
The Ambassador Shetty also briefed them about their sight-seeing programme. He also informed them that presently about 300,000 Indians are residing in Bahrain.
Yeddyurappa expressed his happiness and appreciated the contribution by the Kannadigas in Bahrain.
The following entourage accompanied the chief minister:
Medical education minister Ramachandra Gowda, rural development and panchayat raj minister Shobha Karandlaje M Lakshminarayana IAS, secretary to the chief minister, B Jayaramaraje Urs IAS, secretary to government, Kannada and Culture, V Venugopal, managing director of Karnataka Udyog Mitra, H M Revanna Gowda, assistant director of Karnataka Udyog Mitra, B N Krishnaiah, officer on special duty to the chief minister, Bhrungeesh, press secretary to the chief minister and S Shankara Rao, an industrialist.