JOIN USIt is against implementation of Kasturirangan report; Youth fest to begin on December 3 instead of December 2
To mark protest against the implementation of Kasturirangan report and the booking of false cases on protestors, Kasturirangan Varadi Virodhi Samithi has given a call for Kodagu bandh on December 2.
A decision was taken during a meeting chaired by MLA Appacchu Ranjan at Balbhavan in Madikeri on Sunday.
Responding to a query, MLA K G Bopaiah said that the day of the bandh will not be changed despite the scheduled three-day Mysore zonal-level youth festival to be organised at Gandhi Maidan in Madikeri from December 2. Let the government postpone the youth fest to the next day, Bopaiah said.
MLA Appacchu Ranjan said that the Samithi will approach the court to stop the implementation of Kasturirangan report.
District Congress unit President B T Pradeep, Handicraft Development Corporation President Veena Acchaiah, Zilla Panchayat Vice President Beena Bollamma, Akhila Kodava Samaja President Matanda Monnappa, BJP district unit President Suja Kushalappa, CPI(M) district General Secretary I R Gurgaprasad, Somvarpet Block Congress President K M Lokesh, Manu Uttappa, Kalachanda Ravi Thammaiah, coffee grower Cheranda Nanda Subbiah, district Chamber of Commerce President Chidvilas and others were present.
Youth fest postponed
Meanwhile, in the wake of call given for district bandh, the three-day Yuva Jana Mela scheduled on December 2, will be started from December 3, said District Youth Empowerment and Sports Department Deputy Director Jayalakshmi Bayi.
Deputy Commissioner and district in-charge minister were informed of Kodagu district bandh and the postponement of the fest has been done on their directions, she said.
The fest will be held for Mysore zone comprising Kodagu, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Mandya, Udupi, Chikkamagaluru, Dakshina Kannada and Hassan districts. The youth associations of these districts will take part in the fest.
The sports department officials of the respective districts have been intimated upon the change in the schedule of the fest, she added. The winners of the zonal fest will participate in the State-level. The State-level Yuva Jana Mela will be held in Bantwal for three days starting from December 6.