Mangaluru: Congress MLC Ivan D’Souza reaches out Muslim voters during Friday prayers
Mangaluru: With the polling day in the constituency for the Lok Sabha Election less than a week away, political parties and its respective candidates have braced their sleeves up for the campaigning and are busy seeking votes and support from all corners.
As a part of the campaigning for his party, senior Congress leader and Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Ivan D’Souza on Friday reached out to Muslim voters at the Eidgah Masjid near St. Aloysius College of the city.
Soon after the Friday prayers at Eidgah Masjid where hundreds of Muslim students, Employees and Businessmen offer prayers, Ivan D’Souza started interacting with them.
Speaking to people, he sought support for Congress in the Lok Sabha Election. His fellowmen also distributed pamphlets of Congress manifesto among people.
Students and others also were seen clicking pictures with the leader while a few also discussed their issues with, to which Ivan assured prompt action.
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Will fight those who installed 'fake' Parashurama statue: Karkala Congress leader
Karkala: Town Municipality member and Congress spokesperson Shubhada Rao has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of duping citizens by installing a fibre glass statue of warrior-sage Parashurama at the new theme park in Karkala despite claiming that a bronze statue would be installed there.
Addressing a meeting held at the Bailuru Marigudi Hall on Saturday by the Karkala Parashurama Theme Park Welfare Committee demanding the installation of a bronze statue of the sage at the new park on the Umikal hills at Bailuru town, Rao clarified that the Congress had never opposed the development of the theme park or the installation of a statue of Parashurama at the park, but had expressed dissatisfaction at the BJP replacing the bronze statue meant to be used at the park with a fibre glass statue. He added that Congress aimed to unveil the truth regarding the statue.
Calling Karkala MLA Sunil Kumar's claims about the support of 65 legislators to him whom he could bring to the Parashurama hill as a bluff, Rao said that he would meet the legislator in Bengaluru itself with documentary proof to show that the statue was 'fake'. He also challenged Sunil Kumar to face the truth about the theme park.
A video containing information on the theme park, the statue, the correspondence between the government and the district administration as well as the gram panchayat, in addition to the court order was presented at the meeting.
