Udupi : BJP leader K. Raghupati Bhat, the former MLA, has said that the city unit of the party will launch a “CMC Commissioner Hatao” programme here on October 6.

Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, Mr. Bhat said that CMC Commissioner D. Manjunathaiah was not conducting the CMC meeting according to the rules and regulations.

He was acting like a “puppet” of the ruling Congress in the CMC, he said. Since Mr. Manjunathaiah was from the Education Department, he was not well versed with the rules of the CMC. Hence, he should be reverted to his parent department, Mr. Bhat added.

He alleged that both the Congress and Mr. Manjunathaiah were corrupt. Both had failed to provide good governance in the CMC.

Hence, the BJP councillors and workers will take out a padayatra from the BJP office to the CMC office, where they will submit a memorandum demanding immediate transfer of Mr. Manjunathaiah.

Alternately, Mr. Manjunathaiah should be appointed as personal secretary to the Minister for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports, Pramod Madhwaraj as he was loyal to the latter, Mr. Bhat said.