Nalin Kumar Kateel, the new Karnataka BJP president, on Wednesday affirmed his commitment to work for further strengthening the party in the State.
Talking to reporters soon after his arrival at the Mangaluru junction railway station, Mr. Kateel said he would take the party to new heights in the State with the guidance of BJP president Amit Shah, working president J.P. Nadda and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Saying that he would take the assistance of senior leaders and fulfil the aspirations of party workers, he thanked the high command for choosing a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh man for the post and added that it was only in the BJP that the work of party activists was recognised.
Earlier, Mr. Kateel, who arrived by the Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrath Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express train at 5.20 a.m, was given a rousing welcome by party activists who had come to the station braving heavy rain.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries with party workers, Mr. Kateel proceeded to the circuit house.
He will visit Durgaparameshwari temple in Kateel, near Mangaluru, along with party workers around 5 p.m.
Mr. Kateel is the second person from Dakshina Kannada to become BJP State unit president, the first being Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers D.V. Sadananda Gowda.
