Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Jul 2: Condemning the action of the Jammu and Kashmir state government in withdrawing its decision to hand over forest land to Amarnath Shrine Trust, Vishwa Hindu Parishat and other Sangh Parivar organizations have called for a bundh of the twin districts on Thursday July 3.
Bharatiya Janata Party has pledged its support to the bundh.Motor and General Mazdoor Sangh (autorickshaw division) too has decided to back the bundh, as announced by its general secretary H Umesh Shetty.
A huge vehicular jatha is being taken out from PVS Circle in the city at 11 am on Wednesday July 2. Mangalore divisional convenor of VHP Prof M B Puranik said at a press conference held on Tuesday July 1, that the bundh is being held in the twin districts, as part of the Bharat bundh call given by Hindu organizations at the national-level.
VHP leaders Bayadi Venkatraman, Manohar, Tulazaram, Sridhar Bhat and Sharan were present at the press conference.