Silvester D’Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (SP)

Kundapur, Apr 15: Both BJP and Congress organized their respective shows of strength at Shastri Circle here on Monday April 14 with the aim of showcasing their might just a day before public campaigning for the election is set to end.

A motor bike rally comprising Congress workers, which began its journey from Halady and reached the town through Bidkalkatte and Koteshwar, returned after making its way through the main road inside the town.

On this occasion, BJP workers, under the leadership of BJP candidate, Shobha Karandlaje, who had prepared to organize a Padayatra, had congregated at Shastri Circle. As the arrival of Shobha got delayed, the BJP activists had to wait on the road.

When the Congress activists participating in the bike rally and BJP activists waiting on the road came face to face at Shastri Circle, both sides raised slogans to the peak of their respective abilities.

Shobha reached the spot after the Congress rally moved past this point. She thereafter took part in the Padayatra.

Activists from both the parties felt that the police department should not have issued permissions to both the parties to organize rallies on a single day. There was an air of apprehension about the possibility of a major confrontation taking place between activists from both the sides. As activists from both the sides showed patience and did not lose composure, this was averted, they opine.