Author: Our Staff Correspondent
Publication: The Hindu
Date: February 11, 2004
URL: http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/11/stories/2004021109670300.htm
The Janata Dal (Secular) today criticised
the Congress for its reported attempt to bribe journalists here.
A day after journalists who were
covering a press conference convened by Mysore Rural District Congress
Committee were given Rs. 500 each and a wristwatch, the President of the
Mysore district unit of the Janata Dal (Secular), G.T. Deve Gowda, called
upon journalists to boycott the Congress.
The Mysore Rural District Congress
Committee convened a press conference here on Monday to announce that 8.25
lakh party workers had been enrolled in the district and the party leadership's
decision to give a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh to the unit for enrolling the
highest number of workers.
The press conference was addressed
by the observer from the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), C.Y.
Chinnaswamy, the President of the Mysore rural district unit of the Congress,
H. Subbaiah, and the Secretary, Padmanabha. Congress workers reportedly
gave the presspersons a bag containing a wristwatch and a sealed cover
with Rs. 500, and told them it was a gesture from KPCC President, B. Janardhana
Poojary. Most of the journalists decided to return the gift to Mr. Poojary.
