Cong. takes out huge rally in Mysuru ahead of Mekedatu padayatra
The Hindu
D.K. Shivakumar defends event; Siddaramaiah says there is no political agenda
The Congress party took out a mammoth rally in Mysuru on Monday as a prelude to the padayatra from Mekedatu to Bengaluru to build pressure on the BJP Government in the State to start work on the project.
The rally, which was attended by a large number of party leaders and workers, began after former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar garlanded the statue of Basaveshwara near Gun House Circle.
Mr. Siddaramaiah and Mr. Shivakumar were joined by a hundreds of party workers in their padayatra from Basaveshwara statue to the party office near the railway station through Chamaraja Double Road, Ramaswamy Circle and Jhansi Lakshmi Bai Road.
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