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Daijiworld Media Network—Udupi (RD/CN)
Udupi, Aug 25: Peaceful protests were held in Kaup and Shirva, near here, on Wednesday August 24, expressing support for Anna Hazare’s struggle against corruption and demanding passing of the Jan Lokpal Bill in the Parliament.
Addressing the protesters, Dr Y N Shetty said that the struggle against corruption should be an ongoing process rather than a day’s event. “If everyone commits oneself to not giving bribes and not accepting bribes, it will lead to a corruption-free society,” said Dr Shetty.
Social activist Kaup Leeladar Shetty, ZP member Arun Shetty Padoor, TP former member Jagdish Acharya, Sujit Shetty, Kaup JCI president Rajendra G K, Lions Club president Harish Nayak, Rotary Club president Sadashiv Bhat, Jaycees zonal officer Praveen Kumar Gurme, Kaup Janardhan temple managing committee member Ravindra Kaup, Mallar gram panchayat former president Mohammed Sadiq, Kaup gram panchayat vice-president Kumuda Bangera, entrepreneur Manohar Rao, and Harish Shetty were present on the occasion.
Protests were held under the leadership of Jaycees education institutions’ administrator Veena Shetty.