Cong is more dangerous than Muslims: MLA Angara
BJP SC/ST Morcha meeting
Puttur, May 7: When Muslims have been trying to organize their community, Congress leaders have been dividing the Hindus due to which Congress is more dangerous than Muslims, said Sullia MLA Angara.
Speaking at the BJP SC/ST Morcha meeting here on Monday, he said that after Congress came to power in the state, it has been planning and executing its schemes to oppress the Hindus in the state. By bringing in Anti-Superstitious Belief, the government has hurt the sentiments of the Hindus. Through this, it has been appeasing the Muslims and dividing the Hindus. But people are aware of this strategy. The BJP would win 150 seats this time, he said.
The Congress leaders have been alleging that he has made illegal property. But this allegation is far from truth. If he has any of such illegal property, he would be happy to give it to Congress, he said.
BJP candidate Sanjeeva Marandur said that Ganga Kalyana scheme was being implemented properly. But in the last five years, the Congress did not find any beneficiaries. It has given the benefit of the scheme to its own supporters. Despite its ruling for the last 65 years, the Congress has done nothing for the welfare of backward classes. It has been misusing the name of Dr BR Ambedkar. But they do not have moral right to say the name of Ambedkar. It was NDA government which gave him the Bharat Ratna Award and BJP is committed to fulfill his intensions, he said.
“We have lost many of our friends during Congress administration. So, people should not give another chance to the Congress”, he said appealing the people to support him in the name of Hindutva.
ZP president Meenakshi Manjunath, MLC Kota Srinivas Poojary, party state SC Morcha president Bhagirathi, Puttur SC Morcha president Kittu Ajila, taluk panchayat president Bhavani Chidanand, vice president Rajeshwari and others were present.
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JPC Chairman's visit over Waqf row is politically motivated, says Dy CM D K Shivakumar
Hubballi (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday termed the visit of the Chairman of the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, Jagadambika Pal to the state as a tour of a "drama company" and "politically motivated", with an eye on the upcoming Assembly by-polls in the state and election in neighbouring Maharashtra.
Charging the JPC Chairman with indulging in political propaganda, Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress President, said it is not a joint parliamentary committee that is visiting, as "only BJP members have come and are doing politics."
Pal is visiting Hubballi, Vijayapura and Belagavi, during which he will meet farmers and members of various organisations regarding their lands being claimed by the State Waqf Board. Bengaluru South MP and JPC member Tejasvi Surya is accompanying him.
"It is a drama company. JPC means all the members will have to come, also governments and officials have to be informed.. Only the chairman has come. He has come on party work along with another MP," Shivakumar said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said: "Is Bommai (MP and former CM Basavaraj Bommai) a member of JPC or is V Somanna the member? Somanna is the union minister, he cannot be part of the JPC. He (Chairman) has come taking applications and is doing political propaganda."
Both Bommai and Somanna had met Pal earlier in the day.
Claiming that it was during the Bommai-led BJP government that notices were issued and records amended, Shivakumar said, "...there is no question of taking away farmers' land or evicting them . We (Cong govt) will save farmers. Due to some technical reasons, some officials might have done something, our government will set them right and save farmers."
"It is not a joint parliamentary committee that has come, BJP members have come there, they are doing politics, let them do politics.....they are spoiling the atmosphere, they don't want people to be in peace, so they are trying to create a problem at the time of election. People are intelligent, people will give the right answer to them," he said.
"The Karnataka government is committed, we are going to protect the farmers of the state," he asserted.
There were allegations by a section of farmers from Vijayapura district that their lands were marked as Waqf properties, and similar charges have surfaced from a few other places subsequently. Similar allegations have also been made by some organisations and religious institutions like Mutts.
With the row escalating, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah directed officials that all notices issued to farmers be immediately revoked, and any unauthorised amendments in land records without due notice must also be nullified.
Home Minister G Parameshwara too said, "it doesn't look like JPC as a committee is visiting, as the Chairman is visiting alone disregarding rules. It seems to be a politically motivated visit."
Members of the committee too have raised objections stating that any visit has to be decided in the panel and "unilaterally one cannot make visits," he said.
