Congress MLA B A Mohiyuddin Bava has landed in trouble over distribution of notebooks to 48,000 students in his constituency with his photographs printed in them.
BJP and CPI-M's youth wing Demoratic Youth Federation of India have taken strong exception to Bava's action, alleging that he had misused his authority as a legislator for his political campaign.
Bava represents Mangaluru North.
A set of five notebooks each, the front cover of which said it was a gift from Bava,were distributed to thestudents.
The inside pages of the book contained photographsof Bava's visit to various schools.
BJP Mangaluru North assembly segment block president Y Bharath Shetty, in a letter to the assembly speaker, alleged thatBava had used schoolchildren as tools for campaigning in thecoming assembly elections.
DYFI state president Muneer Katipalla demanded a detailed investigation into the matter and alleged that the MLA had'misused' staff of the Education department for the distribution of books.
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