Mangaluru, Nov 19: The Dakshina Kannada District Youth Congress and the Mulki-Moodbidri unit of the party took out a torch light parade from the Circuit House to Kenjar near Bajpe on Wednesday night in protest against handing over of the Mangalore International Airport to the Adani Group.
Addressing the protestors, District Youth Congress President Mithun Rai said the local MP could have stopped privatisation of the airport, but he lacked the willpower to do so. It is regrettable that the MP who ought to have protected the identity and respect of the district has maintained silence.
He declared that the protest will continue until the airport is named after the Tulunadu folk legends Koti Chennaya.
Former Minister Ramanatha Rai, who also spoke, said the renaming of the airport as Adani Mangalore International Airport was an insult to the people of the district.
Former minister Abhayachandra Jain, former MLA Shakuntala Shetty, District Mahila Congress President Shalet Pinto, were among others who participated in the protest.
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