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Last Update: March 20, 2023, 12:03 pm IST
As party workers created ruckus while stopping the vehicle, MLA Renukacharya and MP Siddheshwar, who is leading the yatra, stopped the yatra midway and tried to leave the spot.
The Vijay Sankalp Yatra was being organized in Davangere under the chairmanship of MLA Renukacharya and MP GM Siddheshwar. Supporters of BJP ticket candidate Mallikarjuna Dal, who were present in large numbers in the yatra, blocked the vehicle and demanded the leaders to declare him as the candidate for Davanagere constituency.
In another such incident, another ‘Vijay Sankalp Yatra’ was stopped midway by BJP leaders after protests and ruckus by supporters of ticket-seekers in Karnataka’s Davanagere, demanding that the party announce candidates for the constituency. was demanded.
The Vijay Sankalp Yatra was being organized in Davangere under the chairmanship of MLA Renukacharya and MP GM Siddheshwar. Supporters of BJP ticket candidate Mallikarjuna Dal, who were present in large numbers in the yatra, blocked the vehicle and demanded the leaders to declare him as the candidate for Davangere constituency.
As party workers created ruckus while stopping the vehicle, MLA Renukacharya and MP Siddheshwar, who is leading the yatra, stopped the yatra midway and tried to leave the spot. As soon as the BJP leaders gave the call for the yatra, party workers gheraoed the leaders and their respective vehicles in which they were returning.
Meanwhile, one of the ticket-seekers, Mallikarjuna Madal, whose supporters blocked and gheraoed the travel vehicle, asked them to maintain dignity and not indulge in such behaviour.
“I request all the workers not to create ruckus, let’s be peaceful and be honest workers of the party. Please maintain your dignity and listen to what the party has to say,” Mallikarjuna Madal said.
Supporters of another ticket aspirant Shivakumar blocked the yatra alleging that their leader was not accommodated in the yatra vehicle.
Last week, former CM BS Yediyurappa called off the Vijay Sankalp Yatra in Chikmagalur as party workers protested against fielding MP Kumaraswamy from the SC seat in Mudigere constituency.
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