Siddaramaiah's comments spark tension near Mysore

Mysore, Oct 20 (UNI) Nearly 300 villagers, including women, today resorted to road blockade agitation on the Mysore-Nanjangud road on the outskirts of the city in protest against former Deputy Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's remarks on the proposed 'abishekha' to the cut out of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and demanding an apology from him.

Vehicular traffic came to a grinding halt as hundreds of vehicles were stranded on the Mysore-Udhagamandalam highway.

Mr Siddaramaiah, while entering Bandipalya village, noticed some youth preparing to perform milk abishekha to the 15 ft cut out of the Chief Minister and passed some comments.

Responding to the appeal of the police, the protestors withdrew their agitation. They later performed abishekha to the cut out.

Simultaneously, Mr Siddaramaiah's supporters took out a procession on the main streets of the village.

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