Congress workers stage protest against BJP leaders Raghavendra and Vijayendra in Shivamogga
The Hindu
The Congress party workers staged protests in front of the residences of BJP Lok Sabha member B.Y. Raghavendra and BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra over the Union government’s alleged stepmotherly treatment of Karnataka.
The Congress party workers staged protests in front of the residences of BJP Lok Sabha member B.Y. Raghavendra and BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra over the Union government’s alleged stepmotherly treatment of Karnataka.
The workers staged protests in support of the Congress party’s protest in Delhi against the Union government.
The members of the Congress party’s youth wing attempted to picket Mr. Raghavendra’s residence at Vinoba Nagar. The police stopped them from entering the house.
The Shivamogga police took District Youth Congress president H.P. Girish, General Secretary of District Congress Committee K. Ranganath, and others into custody.
Similarly, members of the party’s student wing – NSUI, staged a protest in front of Mr. Vijayendra’s residence in Vidya Nagar in the city. They raised slogans against the Union government and sought the release of grants to the State.
Political economist Parakala Prabhakar has described the exit poll results as “fudged figures”, saying that those would benefit the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) only. “False predictions were given with the sole objective of helping the NDA in rigging during the counting,” alleged Mr. Prabhakar, after releasing a book titled ‘Avineeti Chakravarthi Narendra Modi’ penned by former Minister Vadde Shobanadreeswara Rao, here, on June 2 (Sunday).