Mangaluru: Harikrishna Bantwal lashed out at Minister Ramanath Rai for blaming BJP party for using the photograph of ‘Koti Chennaya’.

District Minister In-charge Ramanath Rai accused BJP members for using the photo of Koti Chennaya for publicity campaigns and also an insult to the Billawa community.

Addressing the media Harikrishna Bantwal said, “Rai is blaming the BJP for using Koti Chennaya photograph in the Publicity campaign but why did the Congress use the photograph of Brahma Sree Narayana Guru during the inauguration of various projects in Bantwal.

Harikrishna Bantwal said that, “Ramanath Rai will not win the elections in Bantwal because he stopped the mid-day meals in Bantwal school.

Ramanath Rai is directly responsible for Janardhan Poojary’s defeat in the elections since the election funds were received by Rai and not spent for the election campaign by him.

Jithendra Kottari, Satish Prabhu and Sanjay Prabhu were also present.