The Karnataka Congress on Monday took out a mega ‘Freedom March’ in the city to commemorate 75 years of independence with thousands of people participating from various parts of the state.
The march is being led by senior party leaders, including former chief minister Siddaramaiah, All India Congress Committee general secretary and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala, party state chief D K Shivakumar, his brother and MP D K Suresh, and former state unit president Dinesh Gundu Rao.
It would pass through important routes including Anand Rao Circle, Freedom Park, Corporation, Town Hall, Minerva Circle, VV Puram and from there to the National College Ground, a party worker said.
National flags were placed all across the way as people walked from Sangolli Rayanna’s statue near the Bengaluru City Railway Station and the march would culminate in a public meeting at the National College Ground in Basavanagudi. The event is seen as a show of strength by the Congress ahead of state Assembly elections next
year.