Cong to kick-start first state-level convention from sensitive coastal K’taka ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Dakshina Kannada, (Karnataka) Feb 17 (IANS) Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Karnataka unit of the Congress party is all set to kick-start the first state-level party workers’ mega convention on Saturday at the Sahyadri College Grounds in the coastal city of Mangaluru.The communally-sensitive Dakshina Kannada district is considered the fortress of the BJP.State President and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar told the media on Saturday why the party chose to hold its first convention in Mangaluru.He said, “There is no such thing as impossible in