Mangaluru:  Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee on Wednesday staged a protest in front of the Mini Vidhana Soudha here condemning the Union Government's decision to shift the office of the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax from Mangaluru to Goa.

Speaking on the occasion, District Congress President Harish Kumar said that the government has cheated the people of the district by deciding to shift the IT office from Mangaluru. He also questioned the silence of the local MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and MLAs over the issue and demanded the resignation of the MP.

MLA UT Khader who also spoke, said the government which has failed to bring new projects to the district, on the other hand, was interested in shifting prominent offices from here.