Union Home minister Amit Shah, who had arrived in Hubballi at night on September 18 night to attend the inauguration of KAHER’s  JGMM Medical college, and KLE Hospital and Medical Research Centre, skipped the programme on September 19 due to ill-health.

Police personnel stand guard ahead of the inauguration of KLE JGMM medical college by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in Hubbali in Karnataka, on September 19, 2026.

Mr. Shah was supposed to inaugurate the college and hospital at 11 a.m. Accordingly, arrangements had been made and  thousands of people were waiting for his arrival at the venue near Gabbur in Hubballi.

Sources said that Mr. Shah was hail and healthy in the morning, but subsequently fell unwell.

Announcing Mr. Shah’s inability to attend the event, KLA Academy of Higher Education and  Research (KAHER) Chancellor  Prabhakar Kore said that the Union Home Minister was unwell and was taking rest in a hotel in Hubballi on the advice of a doctor.