Summary:
The BJP workers were trying to picket the Congress office at Siddaroodh Mutt area. Dharwad/Hubballi: High drama prevailed outside the District Congress Committee (DCC) office near Regal Circle here on Thursday after BJP workers and leaders tried to picket the office. Police took 50 BJP workers into custody. They were released later.Alleging that Congress was politicizing the Mahadayi issue, the BJP took out a protest rally in the Market area and staged a dharna in front of the DCC office. Police detained the BJP workers for a while.Addressing party workers, former MLA Ashok Katwe said that though the BJP succeeded in bringing an assurance letter from Goa the chief minister, the Congress instigated its Goa unit to condemn the move..