Bantwal, 24 Jul 2017: The state forests and DK district-in-charge minister Ramanath Rai on Friday, July 21, offered prayers at Rajarajeshwari temple, Polali, near here and masjid at Uddabettu, near Mallur, here to seek peace and harmony to rein in the communally disturbed taluk.
Bantwal block Congress president Mayilappa Salian, ZP members Padmashekar Jain, Chandraprakash Shetty, Dharanendra Kumar and Manjula Mave, Bantwal town councillor Ramakrishan Alva, BUDA chairman Sadashiva Bangera, APMC president Padmanabha Rai, Jinaraj Ariga, TP member Sanjeeva Poojary, Prabhakar Prabhu, Janardhan Chandtimar, A C Bhandary, Venkappa Poojary Bantwal, including hundreds of Congress activists were present.