Summary:
A scuffle ensued between Congress and JD(S) workers, after the latter group tried to prevent the former from entering the area where mining was under way.JD(S) workers allegedly tried to attack former MLA and Congress leader Chandrashekar, who was leading activists from his party. Mandya: Tension prevailed at Haralahalli in KR Pete taluk in Mandya after Congress workers on Friday tried to halt mining in what they claimed to be a reserved forest. The activists alleged that a local JD(S) leader Shilanere Manjunath, who is also a zilla panchayat member, was the one carrying out the illegal mining operations at Haralahalli. “We will not succumb to intimidating tactics of the JD(S),” he said. The two groups reportedly hurled expletives at one another, and few of them were reported to have exchanged blows too..