Sait supporters protest denial of Cabinet berth

Supporters of MLA Tanveer Sait staged a demonstration at the Manipal Hospital junction on the Bengaluru–Mysuru Highway on Sunday, protesting against the denial of a Cabinet berth to their leader, a six-time MLA.

This was the second such protest by Mr. Sait’s supporters. Earlier, they had staged demonstrations at several locations in Udayagiri after he, despite being a strong aspirant for a ministerial berth, was not inducted into the D.K. Shivakumar Cabinet.

A large number of supporters, including women, from the Narasimharaja Assembly constituency gathered at the junction, affecting the smooth movement of traffic on the busy stretch. The protest resulted in a traffic jam, which was later cleared by the traffic police after detaining and subsequently releasing the protesters.