Malpe-Udupi: The youth congress leaders and members conducted a huge protest, near Mahatma Gandhi statue created at Malpe Beach, on Sunday against the 3-day tourist programme of dances, music and other arts held by the Udupi district administration at St. Mary’s island as a tourist resort-boosting plan, with foreigners thrown in.

Former minister of Brahmavara, Jayprakash Hegde speaking on the occasion condemned the Udupi deputy commissioner Dr M.T. Reju and the organise of Zouk-2012, for failing to capture the Indian traditional culture of the 3-day fest, and instead aping western music and dances in a naked form, pretending to boost tourism in Udupi district.

The CM is a victim of such wrong conviction about what is true Indian tourist culture, he attacked.

Certain local protagonists of India patriotism are behind this hollow money-making process in the name of tourism, he remarked.

Gowda went to inaugurate a foreign infused programme, in place of true Indian hospitality. He did not step the odd activity even on second day! Gowda should apologies to the local people for such a lapse, Hegde demanded. State Women congress secretary shymala Bhandary asked BJP women in Udupi as to what they were doing as Gopikas of Krishna’s land. The sangh family not raise a finger on such shameless tourist show in st. Mary’s isle.

It is a distorted patriotism of BJP and RSS folks, she criticised in public. In days come, the congress had to prevent such masked or naked tourism, hiding grotesque seine, Bhandary stated in anger.

Local congress leaders and followers were prevent in the large-scale protests.