Madikeri: Various Kodava organisations have issued a stern warning of intense protests if lawyer K.R. Vidyadhar, accused of making derogatory remarks against Indian Army heroes Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa and Padma Bhushan Gen. K.S. Thimayya on social media, is not exiled from Kodagu within a week.
At a joint press conference in Madikeri yesterday, leaders including Keethiyanda Vijay Kumar (Secretary, Akhila Kodava Samaja), Chamera Dinesh Belliappa (President, Kodavaamera Kondaata Sanghatane), Kunjira Girish Bheemaiah (Secretary), Niran Nachappa Shantheyanda (Convener, Connecting Kodavas), Odiyanda Naveen Thimmaiah, and activist Chotteyanda Sanju Kaverappa called for a re-investigation and stricter actions against the lawyer in the derogatory remarks case.
