K'taka Choultry staff observes dharna in Tirumala

Tirumala, Mar 2 (UNI) Karnataka choultry staff today staged a dharna in front of the reception office of Karnataka choultry here to protest against the decision to privatise it.

Eight staff members gathered in front of the office and shouted slogans against the Karnataka Endownment Department which has taken the decision to handover the choultry to a private party for maintenance, choultry sources said.

Last month, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, Endowment minister Nagaraju Chetty and six ministers along with 60 mlas, who offered worship at lord Venkateswara temple here visited the chcoultry and took the decision to handover the choultry to a private party.

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