<p class="title">Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up former MLA Urimajalu Ram Bhat in Dakshina Kannada and former chairman of Legislative Council D H Shankaramurthy and made inquiries about their health. He also sought their blessings and ideas for governance in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The surprise phone calls were made public by BJP State President Nalin Kumar Kateel, who tweeted that PM Modi had called up Ram Bhat and Shankaramurthy. </p>.<p class="bodytext">PM had called the landline of Ram Bhat at his residence in Kombettu in Puttur taluk on Wednesday evening.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ram Bhat said that Modi started the conversation with “Ram Bhatji Namaskar. "I answered both in English and Hindi,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 2-minute-and-odd chat with the PM has left Bhat pleasantly surprised and happy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stating that this facet of the PM is a culture that RSS taught to its members, Bhat said it was a way of nurturing the RSS leaders.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“It is a huge prize for me that he (Modi) has remembered me and spoke to me,” said Bhat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ram Bhat had served as MLA twice from Puttur Assembly constituency. The dissidence within the BJP 10 years ago had forced him to quit the party and float Swabhimani Vedike.</p>
<p class="title">Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up former MLA Urimajalu Ram Bhat in Dakshina Kannada and former chairman of Legislative Council D H Shankaramurthy and made inquiries about their health. He also sought their blessings and ideas for governance in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The surprise phone calls were made public by BJP State President Nalin Kumar Kateel, who tweeted that PM Modi had called up Ram Bhat and Shankaramurthy. </p>.<p class="bodytext">PM had called the landline of Ram Bhat at his residence in Kombettu in Puttur taluk on Wednesday evening.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ram Bhat said that Modi started the conversation with “Ram Bhatji Namaskar. "I answered both in English and Hindi,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 2-minute-and-odd chat with the PM has left Bhat pleasantly surprised and happy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stating that this facet of the PM is a culture that RSS taught to its members, Bhat said it was a way of nurturing the RSS leaders.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“It is a huge prize for me that he (Modi) has remembered me and spoke to me,” said Bhat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ram Bhat had served as MLA twice from Puttur Assembly constituency. The dissidence within the BJP 10 years ago had forced him to quit the party and float Swabhimani Vedike.</p>