Mangalore: Dozens of Dakshina Kannada Congressmen Switch to JD(S)
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Daijiworld Media Network— Mangalore (RD/CN)
Mangalore, Mar 24: Dozens of Congress activists including Dakshina Kannada district Congress committee (DCC) spokesperson M G Hegde joined the JD(S), in a function held at Hotel Woodlands, here on Thursday March 24.
Congress activists Abdul Majid, Shashiraj Shetty, M S Siddiq, M Kasim, Oswald D’Cunha, Harish Bhandary, S Guruvappa Poojary Ira, Siraj Arkula, Nazeer Arkula, Sajid Arkula, Ahmed Bava, K S Thumbe, G K Hariprasad Shetty Gurpur, and Rajeev Shetty were among those who defected.
JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy said that both Congress and BJP were equally responsible for the frequent communal flare-ups and attacks on worship centres of minority communities in the coastal district.
Former state minister Amaranath Shetty, JD(S) state vice-president J S Noronha, Dakshina Kannada district president M V Sadashiv, women’s wing president Jayalaxmi Hegde, minority wing president Aslam, youth wing president Harish Shetty, Mangalore APMC president Krishnaraj Hegde, zilla panchayat former member Aziz Malar, and Susheel Noronha were present on the occasion.