Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Jan 12: Dakshina Kannada district Congress Committee has expressed resentment at the failure of Youth Festival organizers in not publishing the pictures of Prime Minister and union minister for sports and youth affairs in the advertisements and publicity materials released concerning Youth Festival being held in the city from Thursday January 11 onwards.
Reportedly, former district president of district youth Congress, Bondala Jagannath Shetty, contacted the union ministry of youth affairs and drew the attention of the ministry officials towards the neglect shown to the Prime Minister as well as youth affairs and sports minister by the Youth Festival organizers. The union ministry is said to have plunged into action immediately by contacting the officials concerned and issuing to them necessary instructions.
A Congress delegation later met the deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district and drew his attention to this anomaly. The deputy commissioner responded to the demand of the delegation and promised to take corrective steps.
The delegation had MLA, U T Khader, former MLA, Vijayakumar Shetty, Bondala Jagannath Shetty, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee member, Suresh Ballal, Mangalore block Congress president, Ashraf, youth Congress president, Mithun Rai, Pravin Alva, Sudhir T K, Vinayaraj, Dennis D’Silva, former mayor, Shashidhar Hegde, and others as its members.