Pics: Spoorthi Ullal
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (DV)
Mangaluru, Dec 23: Mangaluru city block Congress on Wednesday December 23 staged a protest in front of Mangaluru City Corporation against the NDA-led BJP government for indulging in 'political vendetta' against Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi in connection with the National Herald case.
Addressing the protest, deputy mayor Purshotham Chitrapur said, "In democracy, it is the duty of the opposition to show the failure of the ruling party. But in this case, BJP has indulged in hate politics. By filing false cases against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others, it is trying to curb democratic practices.
"Congress party activists are protesting across the nation. As there is no strong reason to corner Congress, BJP has used its agent Subramanian Swamy to file the case against Congress leaders," he alleged.
Corporator Shashidar Hegde said, "Before elections, BJP made many promises to people but it has failed to fulfil them. Instead, BJP is busy filing false cases against Congress leaders. Subramanian Swamy is a CIA agent trying to mislead Indian politics to facilitate the enemy nation."
District Congress interim president Ibrahim Kodijal also slammed the NDA-led BJP government for pursuing 'political vendetta' in connection with the National Herald case.
P V Mohan, Ashok D K, T K Sudheer and others were present.