Addressing a news conference Federation President A C Rai said that Shree Kshethra Odiyur Gurudevananda Swamiji will bless the occasion while Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa will inaugurate the programme and District-in-Charge Minister Krishna J Palemar will preside.
Minister for Road Transport R Ashok, Tourism Minister Janardhan Reddy, Women and Child Welfare Minister Narendra Swamy, Mayor Rajani Dugganna, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLAs Yogish Bhat, B Ramanath Rai, U T Khader, Coastal Development Authority Chairman B Nagaraj Shetty, Entrepreneur Dayananda Pai, MLA Shobha Karandalaje, MLCs Ganesh Karnik, Bharathi Shetty and others will be present.

Felicitation and award
Social workers Shankar Shetty Virar, Suresh P Shetty and Balakrishna Shetty will be awarded during the programme while Karnataka State Physically Handicapped Persons’ Association Founder President C K Lakshminarayana Gupta, Vice President Chandrashekar Raj Arasu, Social Worker Vimala Jogi and athlete Ajay P Rao will be felicitated.