Hubballi: Congress workers protested in the city on Saturday condemning BJP’s alleged attempt of poaching JD(S) and Congress legislators. They demanded a comprehensive investigation into the incident of BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa luring a legislator.The protesters took out a rally from B R Ambedkar Circle to Chitaguppi Hospital Cross. They raised slogans against Yeddyurappa and BJP. They burnt an effigy of the former chief minister and charged that BJP and Yeddyurappa were trying to destabilise the JD(S) - Congress legislators coalition government.“Chief minister H D Kumaraswamy has released an audio clip in which Yeddyurappa clearly offers posts, positions and cash to legislators. His attempt of luring MLAs was an attack on democracy. We demand an investigation into the audio clip incident and the guilty be punished,” the Congress workers said. The protesters demanded Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar to take stringent steps to probe the audio clip. They also requested the Governor to consider the incident seriously and put a brake on the unconstitutional events happening in the state. The protesters were taken into the preventive custody when they marched towards the tahsildar office. Police bundled them into two vehicles and took them to CAR ground.Traffic jamsTraffic on Lamington Road and other roads connecting it went out of gear due to the protest . Commuters were stuck in jams and traffic returned to normalcy only after the protesters were whisked away from Lamington Road.Protest in Ballari City and district Congress committee workers protested against BJP at Gadagi Chennappa Circle in Ballari on Saturday. City Congress president Mohamed Raffiq said BJP and Yeddyurappa were trying to prevent the coalition government from giving good governance by luring Congress and JD(S) MLAs.

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