In response to a call for a nation-wide protest over the issue of disqualification of the former MP Rahul Gandhi, Congress leaders and members from across the districts of Kalyana Karnataka and Kittur Karnataka staged silent symbolic protests in their respective areas on Wednesday.
The Congress members and leaders in the districts of Kalaburagi, Bidar, Yadgir, Ballari, Belagavi, Bagalkot, Vijayapura, Haveri, Gadag, Dharwad staged the silent protest stating that the Union government led by the BJP had indulged in vengeance politics and is making every possible attempt to keep him away from active politics.
In Hubballi and Dharwad, Congress members, led by party office-bearers Anilkumar Patil and Altaf Halwoor, the former MP I.G. Sanadi, leaders Deepak Chinchore, P.H. Neeralakeri, Robert Daddapuri and others staged a silent protest condemning what they termed as vengeance politics.