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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Oct 2: Marking the 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the district Congress observed the occasion by garlanding the statue of Gandhi. The district Congress along with Youth Congress also staged a protest on Friday October 2, against the Central government and the state government for Agri Bills terming it to be an anti-farmer here at Mini Vidhana Soudha.
The agitated protesters also resorted to blocking the road which led to their arrests.
The Congress protesters also raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath following the death of Dalit girl after she was brutally gangraped by group of men in Hathras.
District Youth Congress president Mithun Rai, former minister Ramanath Rai, district Congress president Harish Kumar, former MLC Ivan D'Souza were among the arrested.