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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (MS)

Mangaluru, Feb 28: Activists of Dakshina Kannada Youth JD(S) on Sunday February 28 gheraoed tourism minister C P Yogeshwar in the city for calling former chief minister and eminent leader of JD(S) H D Kumaraswamy a 'joker'.

Workers of JD(S) under the leadership of Akshith Suvarna, president of Youth JD(S) gathered near the hotel where tourism minister Yogeshwar was residing. The minister who was getting ready to go to Bengaluru boarded a private vehicle instead of his government car as he saw the crowd of JD(S) workers. The Youth JD(S) workers, who came to know about this, gheraoed the escort vehicle of the minister and protested.

Speaking on the occasion, Akshith Suvarna said, "It is condemnable of minister Yogeshwar addressing our leader Kumaraswamy as joker. The minister has forgotten that JD(S) has a strong presence in Dakshina Kannada also. That is why we have gathered here to show our strength and protest against the minister. However, the minister has escaped through the rear door of the hotel and reached airport through other route.

If the minister, who has given such derogatory statement, has guts he would have gone through the main door and not through the rear one. At least in coming days, let him give up uttering such derogatory statements and behave according to his position and status. If this act is repeated by Yogeshwar in coming days we will have to protest in other forms."

District organizing secretary of Dakshina Kannada Youth JD(S) Faizal Mohammed, president of Youth JD(S) Mangaluru North unit Rathish Karkera, vice president of Mangaluru north Hithesh Rai, vice president of Youth JD(S) Mohammed Asif, Sattar Bunder, Pradeep, Rohit, Srinath Poojary and many activist took part in the protest.