Jarkiholi welcomes new car at graveyard

BELAGAVI: To challenge blind beliefs, Congress working president Satish Jarkiholi on Monday welcomed his Toyota Fortuner car by steering it around a cemetery in Belagavi.
Jarkiholi said there are many blind beliefs attached to a cemetery and people think it is a bad omen. “But in reality, this is just another place,” he said. Last year, he had spent a night at a graveyard to debunk myths and spread awareness of scientific temper.
Speaking on lockdown, he said district administration should not go for a lockdown as it brings hardship to many persons. “We do not need a lockdown both in the district and in the state. The government should think of poor people who are already troubled due to job losses,” he said.
On choosing 2023 as the registration number of the car he said, “The upcoming assembly poll will be held in 2023 and the target of the Congress is to come back to power defeating the BJP. To remind me about target, the number 2023 was chosen,” he said.