Mangalore: All Congress leaders and workers are looking forward to work along with new MLA of Mangalore South JR Lobo and want to realize the vision of making  Mangalore second best city of Karnataka, said  Ashraf, former mayor.

Speaking to reporters here on May 9, Thursday, he said  the Muslim voters of the district have  proved that they are discerning to the core. They have never fallen prey to the divisive politics of the SDPI or PFI, he said adding  the SDPI was nothing but a tool used by the BJP to resort to a split in Congress votes.

At the same Ashraf wholeheartedly appreciated the efforts put in by senior leader B Janardhan Poojari towards the victory of the Congress in the district and added the Congress owed the victory in Dakshina Kannada to the hard works of Poojari

Senior leader and KPCC Secretary Ivan D’Souza who also spoke,  came down heavily on former MLA Yogish Bhat for claiming several projects initiated in  Mangalore as his achievements. Ivan said the projects were chalked out during the tenure of erstwhile Congress governments.

Kallige Taranath Shetty, another leader, who was also present said, the Congress administration would ensure that the Thumbay second vented dam construction was completed at the earliest.