In a sign of political heat rising in Ramanagaram with Assembly elections close at hand, tension gripped Byrapatana in the district for sometime when members of Janata Dal (Secular) protested against a stone laying ceremony for developmental works by BJP MLC C.P. Yogeshwar, accusing him of going ahead with the event in the absence of local MLA and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy.
Angry protesters scuffled with the BJP workers, blocked the road for sometime and pelted stones to disrupt the programme. In the melee, someone threw eggs on the car in which Mr. Yogeshwar was travelling. According to the police, fisticuffs broke out between JD(S) and BJP workers over the allegation of “deliberating ignoring” Mr. Kumaraswamy. Amidst the commotion, Mr. Yogeshwar launched the programme accompanied by Higher Education Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan, who is also the district in-charge Minister.
