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Poojary on December, last, had broken down accusing Rai of abusing him verbally. I’m indebted to his help all these years,” Rai reacted but made no mention about his sour relationship with him.Rai said that voters of Bantwal will not vote any communal forces and won’t abandon him. However, Rai reportedly denied his claim.Poor health is forcing Poojary to rest at home from few months and he hasn’t been seen in any public events, last being the one when AICC President Rahul Gandhi viisted Kudroli Gokarnatheshwara Temple here.Speaking to TOI, Rai said that visit was to seek blessings from veteran leaders.“Whenever I contested from Bantwal, Poojary had helped me through his campaigning and it was vice-versa when he stood for Parliament polls. MANGALURU: A day before filing his nomination, district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai met veteran Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary at his residence and sought his blessings.Poojary, who blessed him and said that Congress would emerge triumphant in the district and will come to power again.Rai’s visit to Poojary’s house on Wednesday is being claimed as an important development among the Congress cadres, as duo were not in talking terms due to the alleged indifference between them..