<p class="title">An indefinite dharna against the delay in providing relief to flood victims, called by a group of people’s organisations, under the leadership of seers and pontiffs, was called midway on Friday owing to a poor response from the people.</p>.<p class="bodytext">More than 30 organisations had called the protest at Gaddanakeri Cross. The organisers had announced that the protest would continue till Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and Revenue Minister R Ashoka visit the protest site and assure the agitators of taking up relief and restoration<br />immediately. When people did not turn up at the protest site on the expected lines, 10 seers and a few organisers shifted the venue to the deputy commissioner’s office. Even the new protest venue failed to draw people, prompting the organisers and the seers to call off the strike.</p>
<p class="title">An indefinite dharna against the delay in providing relief to flood victims, called by a group of people’s organisations, under the leadership of seers and pontiffs, was called midway on Friday owing to a poor response from the people.</p>.<p class="bodytext">More than 30 organisations had called the protest at Gaddanakeri Cross. The organisers had announced that the protest would continue till Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and Revenue Minister R Ashoka visit the protest site and assure the agitators of taking up relief and restoration<br />immediately. When people did not turn up at the protest site on the expected lines, 10 seers and a few organisers shifted the venue to the deputy commissioner’s office. Even the new protest venue failed to draw people, prompting the organisers and the seers to call off the strike.</p>
