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The route designed for bike rally would be from Bijapur to Basaguda via Cherla for three days which would include stoppage like Pujarikanker, Dharmaram and Kondapalli. RAIPUR: Two days after suspected Maoists left posters threatening forest minister and journalists, the Bijapur Press Club members have announced to take out a three-day long bike rally of 247 kilometres in deep forest from November 24. Protesting against the rebel's diktat scribes have decided for a bike rally.The president of Bijapur Press Club Ganesh Mishra said that nearly 100 journalists from several districts and about 226 members of press club would go out on bike rally from November 24 in worst affected Maoists zones. "Maoists have already killed two journalists of Bijapur in the past including Sai Reddy and Nemichand Jain and they had also sought forgiveness in few of their letters and pamphlets. The journalists were threatened of dire consequences in case they misrepresented facts during coverage of encounters..