Dubai, July 30: The ‘World Tulu Convention Dubai’ of the United Arab Emirates would be held for two days at Al Nasr Leisureland Ice Rink Indoor Stadium at Dubai on November 23 and 24.

The general body meeting of the  World Tulu Sammelan Advisory Committee was held at Marco Polo Hotel auditorium at Dubai on July 27. The meeting was chaired by Sarvottama Shetty of Tuluva community and Advisory Committee member Shodhan Prasad welcomed.

Chief organizer Sarvottama Shetty explained the details, preparations for the sammelan and appealed all the members to cooperate and work for the success of the convention. Advisory Committee members BK Ganesh Rai, Shodhan Prasad, Dev Kumar Kambli, Azmal, Sathish Poojary, Yogesh Prabhu, Novel D’Almeda, Jyothika Harsha Shetty, Smitha Prasanna and Bearys Welfare Forum president Muhammad Ali Uchhil, Lathief Mulki, representatives and heads of various organizations were present.

Sudhir Kumar Shetty released the logo of World Tulu Sammelan-Dubai on the occasion.

 

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Mangaluru: Congress leader and former minister B Ramanath Rai slammed BJP leader R Ashoka for calling AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal an agent of the party high command, and asked if the general secretary and other office-bearers in the BJP were commission agents too.

Rai, who addressed a press meet at the Congress office in the city on Friday, expressed fury over the recent comments of the BJP leader that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was presenting himself in a shameless manner in public life. Ashoka, who is also Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, had said that the Congress government had ‘broken every previous record on corruption-related controversies’.

“Ashoka has spoken with sheer ignorance and displays his lack of maturity, as he often does while facing the media. KC Venugopal has been working at organization of the party and it is unbecoming of Ashoka to criticize Venugopal as he did,” Rai told reporters.

“Being in a responsible position, how acceptable is it for Ashoka to pass disrespectful, random comments about another leader who also holds a responsible position? If KC Venugopal is indeed an agent of the party high command, what should we consider BJP leaders to be? Are they brokers?” he asked

Commenting on Ashoka’s allegations of corruption in the Congress government in Karnataka, Rai pointed out, “The KSRTC land was sold to private parties when he (Ashoka) was transport minister. We can find several such cases across the state, which need to be probed.”

The former minister, however, refused to comment on the incident that occurred at Mangaluru airport during CM Siddaramaiah’s visit to the city recently.

Former mayors Ashraf and Shashidhar Hegde, Congress activists Vishwas Kumar Das, Subhodaya Alva, Shabeer, Baby Kundar, Padmanabha, Nazeer Bajal and Prem were present.