BENGALURU, 2 AUG

Congress in Karnataka on Friday staged a demonstration at Bidadi in Ramanagara district against the alleged injustice done to State by Centre including tax divulsion and attempts to destabilse the government.

Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who is also the Congress State President, kickstarted the six-day agitation on Friday. He rode a pillion as the party leaders took out a motorcycle rally in the town adjacent to Bengaluru.

The agitation, which the Congress State unit has called 'Janandolana' (people's movement), is also against corruption during the BJP and JD(S) rule in Karnataka.

Shivakumar had directed all the senior leaders, ministers, MPs, MLAs, Legislative Council members, former ministers, former MLAs, Lok Sabha and Assembly, KPCC office-bearers and the district and block Congress Committee presidents and representatives of local bodies to take part in the agitation. The protest will also be held in Ramanagara, Channapatna, Maddur, Mandya and Mysuru.

The demonstrations will take place at the locations from where the proposed BJP and the JD(S) march against the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam will pass through from 3 to 10 August.

The Congress protests also come against the backdrop of a showcause notice issued by Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot against the MUDA site allotment scam in which Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi is allegedly a beneficiary. -PTI