JSS Auto Drivers and Owners Association, Ramanuja Road in the city has organised flag hoisting as part of Independence Day celebrations at the autorickshaw stand in front of old JSS Hospital main gate today midnight at 12.  Junior pontiff of Kuderu Mutt Immadi Gurulingaswamy will be inaugurating the programme while ex-serviceman Udaykumar will hoist the flag. MLA T.S. Srivatsa and former MLA M.K. Somashekar will be present.

Former MUDA Chairman H.V. Rajeev, former Corporator and film producer M.D. Parthasarathy, Mysuru District Kannada Sahitya Parishat former President M. Chandrashekar, Photo Mahesh, former Corporator B.V. Manjunath, District Congress President Dr. B.J. Vijaykumar, District Congress Secretary N.C. Guru, Youth Congress Vice-President Anupama, Krishnaraja Co-operative Bank President Basavaraj (Basappa), former KR Co-operative Bank President Prathidhwani Prasad, Congress leader Marballi Kumar and staff of JSS Hospital will take part.