Minister in charge of Mysuru district H.C. Mahadevappa took part in a preparatory meeting of ‘Sadhana Samavesha’ here on Saturday.Sadhana Samavesha will be held on Maharaja’s College Grounds on July 19, and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is expected to launch a series of developmental programmes and lay foundation stone for various works on the occasion.“The State and national leaders of the Congress will be taking part in it,” Mr. Mahadevappa said, adding that the event will be attended by thousands of people.The Sadhana Samavesha comes at a time when the political debate over change of leadership in Karnataka has peaked amid shadowboxing between Mr. Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.Mr. Mahadevappa called upon the partymen at the meeting to ensure that the programme is organised in a systematic manner with proper seating arrangements for dignitaries and the public.He said that separate entry and exit gates for the public, drinking water, toilet, food, and transport facilities should be ensured.Mr. Mahadevappa told the meeting to make Sadhana Samavesha a grand success.Former Ministers Tanveer Sait and C. Puttarangashetty, MLAs A.R. Krishnamurthy, Harish Gowda, Anil Chikkamadu, MLC D. Thimmaian, former MLA H.P. Manjunath, M.K. Somashekar, chairman of Karnataka Exhibition Authority Ayub Khan, Command Area Development Authority (CADA) chairman Mariswamy, Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru Lakshmikanth Reddy, Mysuru City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar, Zilla Panchayat CEO Yukesh Kumar, Mysuru City Corporation Commissioner Shaikh Tanveer Asif, and others were also present.Published - July 13, 2025 07:56 pm IST