Mangalore, 07 Sept 2012: At the Press Conference held on Thursday, September 6, 2012, Congress President of DK District and Bantwal MLA B Ramanath Rai expressed confidence that the Congress party is all prepared to face the coming Legislative Assembly elections. He made an appeal to the Congress workers to be united to get rid of the misrule of the BJP government from the state.
Ramanath Rai also announced that Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa who has been appointed as the election observer for Mysore division by the AICC will be visiting Mangalore on Sunday, September 9, 2012 and will address the Congress workers in Urwa Church Hall at 3 pm. He also announced that other Congress leaders including Rajya Sabha member Oscar Fernandes are expected to attend the meeting on Sunday. Further he said that former minister Janardhan Poojari has also been invited for the Urva Church hall programme.
The Press Conference was attended by Congress leaders Ivan D’Souza, Shashidhar Hegde, Mithun Rai and Praveenchandra Alva.