JOIN USBy printing portraits of national leaders on paper plates, miscreants have insulted our national leaders. There is a need to initiate action against those who have printed them, said zilla panchayat member Ballaranda Mani Uthappa.
Addressing a press meet here on Friday, he said we have submitted a complaint to the deputy commissioner in this regard. “Food was served in the plates after a football tournament at Chettalli recently. The plates had the portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, ex-President Abdul Kalam and others. After participants had food, the plates were thrown into dustbins, he said.
Birth anniversary of GT
Field Marshal Cariappa and General Thimmaiah Forum office-bearers said, they will join hands with the district administration in holding the birth anniversary of General Thimmaiah in Madikeri on March 31.
Addressing a press meet here recently, forum president Col (retd) K C Subbaiah said: “We only want to remember our leaders every year.” Forum secretary Ulliyada Poovaiah said, the RTO office, which is housed ‘Sunnyside,’ the ancestral house of General Thimmaiah, should be shifted before March 31.