Mysuru: Congress protests ‘purification’ ritual after Kharge rally

Congress leaders and party workers during a protest demonstration in Mysuru on Saturday. | Photo Credit: M. A. Sriram Congress leaders and party workers staged a protest near the party office here on Saturday condemning the ‘’shuddhikaran havan’’ (purification ritual) reportedly conducted at a venue in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, two days after AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge addressed a rally there. The incident has drawn widespread condemnation from the Congress.Mysuru district in-charge Minister Yathindra Siddaramaiah, MLC K. Shivakumar and other senior Congress leaders and workers staged a dharna at the Babu Jagjivan Ram statue in front of the City Railway Station. The protesters strongly condemned the incident and said they would not tolerate any insult to the Congress president. They al