Joshi, Yeddy, Shobha briefly detained for attempt to lay siege to DC office

Mysuru, Mar 18: The police on Thursday detained BJP leaders B?S?Yeddyurappa, State unit president Pralhad Joshi and hundreds of party workers for making a bid to lay siege to the Deputy Commissioner's office in the city.

Defying the prohibitory orders, which are in force till March 18, Yeddyurappa, Joshi, BJP MPs Prathap Simha and Shobha Karandlaje, former minister?S?A?Ramdas, city unit president E?Maruthi Rao Pawar and a large number of party workers from Mysuru and the neighbouring Chamarajanagar and Kodagu

districts descended on the city to stage a protest near the DC's office demanding the arrest of the culprits behind the murder of BJP activist Raju at Udayagiri on March 13.

When they tried to break through the security cordon on the road leading to the DC's office, the police arrested them and let them off later.

Rs 10 lakh relief, site

Later, Yeddyurappa met the members of Raju's family at Kyatamaranahalli in the city and consoled the slain party worker's mother Chandramma, his sisters and other relatives.

He handed over a cheque for Rs 5 lakh from the State unit of the party as a relief to the family members. Another cheque for an equal amount was issued by president of?Karnataka Pradesh Hotel Owners Association M?Rajendra.

Yeddyurappa also handed over the gift deed of a site measuring 20x40 feet to?Raju's mother Chandramma. S?M?Shivaprakash of SMP?Developers, Mysuru, has donated the site developed near Basaveshwara Layout, Mahalakshmi Layout, 3rd Stage, 3rd Phase, at?Varuna on Mysuru-T?Narsipur Road to Raju's mother.

BJP plans to besiege Vidhana Soudha

The BJP has decided to intensify its protest over party worker Raju's murder in Mysuru by raising the issue of during the ongoing parliament session. It has also decided to lay a siege to the Vidhana Soudha in?Bengaluru on March 22 after the Budget Session.

Announcing this to media here on Thursday, State BJP unit president Prahlad Joshi said the party MPs from the State would raise the issue in parliament and that they had given a notice in advance to the Lok Sabha authorities to allow for discussion on the matter.