Belagavi, Dec 15: The Karnataka unit of Congress will stage a bullock cart and tractor protest rally against the alleged failures of the BJP government in the state on various fronts on Thursday, a party functionary said.

The rally will start at 10 am from its district office near the Chennamma Circle to the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha where the current legislature session is in progress till December 24, Congress Karnataka Legislature Party secretary E Tukaram said in a statement.

Tukaram appealed to all the MLAs and the MLCs to actively take part in the agitation.

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Kolkata (PTI): A case was lodged against three officials of the Raj Bhavan here for allegedly wrongfully restraining the woman, who accused Governor C V Ananda Bose of molesting her, police said on Saturday.

The FIR against the three officials was lodged at the Hare Street police station after the woman, a contractual employee of Raj Bhavan, recorded her statement before a magistrate in the molestation case, a police officer said.

"The three officers have been included in the FIR for stopping the complainant woman from leaving Raj Bhawan by wrongfully restraining her on May 2. We will investigate their roles on that evening," the officer said.

On May 2, the woman had alleged molestation by Bose following which the Kolkata Police started a probe.

Under Article 361 of the Constitution, no criminal proceedings can be instituted against a governor during his term in office.