Mysore/Mysuru, Aug. 29 -- Joining the growing chorus against selection of International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq for Dasara inauguration, the Karnataka Sena Pade staged a protest in front of the Old Deputy Commissioner's office here this morning, urging the Government to revoke the decision.

Addressing the protesters, the Sena Pade President Tejesh Lokesh Gowda maintained that the selection of Banu Mushtaq for Dasara inauguration this year was not at all correct. Saying that, Dasara is a Hindu religious celebration, no matter if others differ, he said that Dasara is a Nada Habba having centuries old tradition.

"Dasara is chiefly an obeisance to Goddess Chamundeshwari, underlining the deep devotion, Samskara, traditions and pract...