Former CM Basavaraj Bommai read out names of politicians, he said, were neither MLAs nor MPs but the government deputed IAS officers on their protocol duty, throwing all established norms to winds. Former law minister S Suresh Kumar took potshots at the government, saying the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers became INDIA administrative service personnel during the political event in Bengaluru.
Though Congress leaders dismiss the recent growth of SDPI, the political arm of the now-banned PFI, in the coastal area as negligible, they are well aware that it can make a dent in their vote-bank by weaning away Muslim votes.
Mangaluru: What would be the impact of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) in the twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in the upcoming Karnataka.