Mangalore, October 8: Infighting within the Janata Dal (Secular) has also come out in the open as a few JD(S) activists shouted slogans against M B Sadashiva, the district president of the party and Secretary Vittla Mohammed Kunhi at a meet on Monday.
Speaking at the meet organised by the DK district JD(S) Workers' Unit, Mohammed Rafi, the President of the unit said that the party is being run by mere three people. M B Sadashiva is displaying dictatorship, he alleged, stating that he had not made an attempt to bring B Nagaraj Shetty, who recently joined the party, to the party office and hold a ceremony for the same. The job was carried out by the Workers' Unit and Mr. Sadashiva tried to disrupt it, he added besides saying that the district president is trying to divide the party. Activists are not being given their right to question decisions being taken, he said.
Joining in revolt, Sudarshan, the Gurupura Block JD(S) President, said that he had been issued a show cause notice four months ago for speaking against party leaders.
Activists shouted slogans against Mr.Sadashiva and Mr. Kunhi and demanded their resignations, resulting in chaos for some time at the venue.
JD(S) leaders MG Hegde, Abdul Azeez Malar, Sushil Noranha, Vittla Mohammed Kunhi, DM Aslam, Soundarya Ramesh, Sureshchandra Shetty, Vittala Bhandary Harekala, Abdul Majeed Sooralpady, were present among others watching the chaos unfold.
'Not a good development'
Speaking about the incident later, Mr. Sadashiva said that he had not caused any obstruction in holding a ceremony for Mr. Shetty. “I had suggested that Amarnath Shetty be also invited for that and when Mr. Rafi called me, I was in Bangalore owing to my son's ill-health and hence told him that I could not attend the programme. But I have been told that in my absence he has conducted a meet and spoken against me. This is not a good development and neither is it a mark of a leader”, Mr. Sadashiva said.
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