Sullia : The Congress and the BJP created tension in Sullia with a minor clash between them on Aug 13 Saturday causing traffic jams due to teh protest meetings held by both parties in two separate places.
In order to control the situation, police personnel’s later used their lathis.
The Congress memebers staged a protest against Dr. Prabhakar Bhat, the RSS leader for his the alleged remarks against Dr. Kurunji Venkataramana Gowda, the educationist, that the latter does not have any manners.
While the BJP Yuva Morcha also staged a protest against Ramanath Rai’s alleged remarks that the new government is “Alibaba and his forty thieves.”
Rai said that he sticks to his statement and will not take back his words, even when he heard about the BJP youth workers’ determination not to let him enter Sullia.