Mithun Rai Denied ticket; Youth Congress leaders submit mass resignation
Mangaluru: The Dakshina Kannada district Youth Congress leaders, along with members, decided to tender mass resignations on Tuesday expressing dissatisfaction over denial of party ticket to the Youth Congress President Mithun Rai, who wanted to contest from Mulky-Moodbidri constituency.
Addressing media persons at a hotel here, Kiran Kumar Goddigutlu, DK Congress general secretary, said that Mithun Rai had been actively involved in the Congress activities at Mulki for past three years. But now, injustice has been meted out to him by denying the Assembly ticket,” he said.
“Mulky-Moodbidri MLA K Abhayachandra Jain had declared three years ago that his seat will be given to youth leaders in the next election. Following this, Rai has been working honestly to build party in Mulky-Moodbidri constituency. However, he has not been considered in the final list of Congress candidates,” Kumar lamented.
“We will meet youth leaders and discuss their issues. They will not be working against the party. We will convince them and solve the issue,” he added.
Congress leaders Sohail Kandak, Merril Rego, Tauseef, Abhinandan Belthangady, Prathashanth, Kiran Kumar, Siddique, Prasad Malli and others were present in the press meet.
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Another leopard captured in Belthangadi, second in one month
Belthangadi: A leopard was captured in a cage set up by the forest department near the house of Gurikanda Ananda Shetty in Savanalu village late Friday night, September 20. This marks the second leopard capture in the village within a month.
The area has seen frequent leopard sightings over the past few months, leading to concerns among the residents. After a leopard was caught on September 1, the forest department had safely relocated it. However, another leopard reappeared in the village shortly afterward, preying on a domestic chicken, which led the residents to again request the forest department's intervention.
Responding to the request, forest officials reinstalled the cage last week, and the leopard was trapped around midnight. Villagers, now relieved, informed the forest department, which sent officials to examine the captured animal.
This is the second successful capture by the forest department in Savanalu within the past month.
