Mangalore, Sep 14: Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala temple Dr Veerendra Heggade will inaugurate the 101st Dasara celebrations at Shree Gokarnanatheswara Kudroli temple in the city this year, announced veteran Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary on Saturday.
Speaking at a press conference at the Congress office here on Saturday, Mr Poojary said that the inaugural ceremony, scheduled to be held at 5.30 p.m. on October 10, would herald the beginning of Dasara celebrations in Mangalore.
BJP criticised
Responding to Bharatiya Janata Party's decision to elevate Narendra Modi as the prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Mr Poojary said that Gujarat chief minister would not be accepted by the people of the nation.
He said that the BJP was committing a blunder by fielding Modi as their candidate in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Modi is in the process of dividing the party into two halves, and has already begun doing so. BJP will not be voted to power if Modi stands for elections, he said, adding that even the BJP top brass including L K Advani and Sushma Swaraj feared the same.
He said that if re-investigation was done by CBI in the fake encounter case in Gujarat, the role of Modi in the case would be revealed to all. His role in the case is a serious charge against Modi, he said, questioning his silence in this regard.
He added that Modi's extent of corruption as chief minister of Gujarat would also be revealed if Lokayukta had been appointed in the state.
Modi will not be allowed to repeat what he did in Gujarat in 2002, said Mr Poojary, as a warning to BJP.
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