BS Yediyurappa formally invited to Mysuru Dasara

Mysuru: District minister S T Somashekar, who heads the Dasara Executive Committee, on Monday extended formal invite to chief minister B S Yediyurappa to attend the Dasara festival.
The district minister, accompanied by mayor Tasneem and other officials, explained to the chief minister about the measures taken to check Covid-19 spread across the district.
The team also met Dr C N Manjunath to invite him to inaugurate the festival atop Chamundi Hills on October 17.Accepting the invitation, Dr Manjunath expressed his gratitude for the CM and Somashekhar for inviting him and other frontline corona warriors for the inauguration of the festival. “This will be a fitting tribute to the medical fraternity,” he said.
Recalling his student and college days in Mysuru, the cardiologist said that the city is not new to him. “I have enjoyed the beauty of the iconic Mysore Palace, witnessed Jamboo Savari, and taken in the beauty of the illuminated city with my friends many times,” he recalled.
He also appealed to people to wear masks, maintain social distancing to keep the infection at bay.
With the government giving permission for the presence of only 300 persons during the inauguration of Jamboo Savari, Somashekhar said that the DC will come out with details on the participation of elected representatives, officials and journalists shortly.