Preparations in full swing for Tumakuru GP polls

Preparations for Gram Panchayat elections have started in Tumakuru district unit of Congress.

A meeting of leaders and activists from Congress was held on the premises of their office here on Sunday.

MLA of Madhugiri, K.N. Rajanna said that most of the Block Congress Committees have become inactive in the district which is not good for the party.

He called upon the activists of the party to strengthen the party and to publicise the government’s flagship schemes like Anna Bhagya where the poor are being benefited.

He said that the activists have to work enthusiastically to win in the Gram Panchayat polls.

During one of the speeches, some of the party workers came up to the dias and alleged that their problems are not being addressed by the leaders of the party.

Kempanarasaiah of Bellavi said that the workers have been neglected by the leaders.

District President of Congress Party, Shafi Ahmed, Tumakuru city MLA, Rafiq Ahmed, minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, T.B. Jayachandra and others were present.