Belthangady, Aug 24, 2020: Congress workers under the leadership of former MLA Vasanth Bangera staged a protest in front of Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja’s office on August 24, Monday demanding details about the amount collected under "Kalaji Fund" by the MLA during last year’s floods in the taluk.
During the protest there was an instance wherein there was a heated exchange of words between the protestors and the police personnel when the latter prevented the former from taking a procession to the MLA’s office.
Block Congress Presidents Ranjan Gowda, Shailesh Kumar, ZP Chief Sahul Hameed and others took part in the protest.