Mysuru: Alleging harassment of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Shaikh Tanveer Asif, by not granting permission for the construction of Raja Gopura of Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple on Thyagaraja Road in city, Temple Committee President B.S. Sridhar Raje Urs launched an indefinite hunger strike in front of MCC Main Office on Sayyaji Rao Road this morning.
The 82-year-old Sridhar Raje Urs, donning a red and yellow scarf, usually worn by pro-Kannada activists, accompanied by H. Ravindra Raje Urs, Treasurer of Karnataka Ursu Mahamandali Charitable Trust, sat on dharna at the garden in MCC premises, holding a hand-written placard in Kannada about the strike seeking permission for the construction of Temple Gopura.
