In view of the threat to law and order situation from the calls for mammoth rallies by the Congress and the BJP in a communally-sensitive Kodagu on August 26, the district administration has imposed prohibitory orders across the district for four days starting August 24.
Deputy Commissioner of Kodagu district B C Satish said the prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC and Section 35 of the Karnataka Police Act will be in force across the district from 6 am of August 24 to 6 pm of August 27, effectively thwarting the rallies called by the two rival political parties.
After the Congress called for a ‘Madikeri Chalo’ programme on August 26 — to lay siege to the office of Superintendent of Kodagu district police in protest against the alleged security lapse during former chief minister Siddaramaiah’s recent visit to the district when black flags were waved and eggs were hurled at his car — the BJP too gave a call for a ‘Jana Jagruthi’ convention in Madikeri on the same day and appealed to the partymen to gather at Gandhi Maidan in the town in large numbers.
