Puttur: It was a dark day for Power minister Shobha Karandlaje the only Woman minister in DVS Gowda’s cabinet and Yeshwantpur MLA, back in Kadaba, her home town, where her father and a senior land cultivator of Charwaka village, Karandlaje resident Monappa Gowda(71) Passed away on Sunday night after a brief illness. He leaves wife, a son and 3 daughters, Shobha included.

Incidentally, the next day is regarded as Martyrs’ when Mahatma Gandhi left the country in distress as on 30th January, 1948. Bugles sounded at 11AM all over the nation in memory of all martyrs.