DAVANAGERE: Davanagere district battled with heavy traffic as long as 6 kilometres on Wednesday as senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah celebrated his 75th birthday with lakhs of supporters coming on the streets.
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also joined the celebration. Around 6 lakh people were said to be present at the event with people coming in their cars and other vehicles, resulting in a traffic pile-up. The Pune-Bengaluru National Highway passes through Davanagere district and due to this long jam on the highway, daily commuters and other vehicle drivers faced problems.
Siddaramaiah was the 22nd Chief Minister from 2013-18. He led the party to victory by achieving absolute majority in the 2013 Legislative Assembly election. Earlier, as a Janata Dal (Secular) leader, he was Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka on two occasions. (ANI)