DK BJP condemns JDS workers' attack on BJP MLA Preetam Gowda
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District BJP on Thursday staged protest outside Deputy Commissioner’s office and condemned the attack on the party’s Hassan MLA Pradeep J Gowda by JDS workers.
Local party leaders, members and workers gathered outside Dakshina Kannada DC office and protested while also shouting slogans against CM HD Kumaraswamy and former Prime Minister HD Devegowda, alleging that the father son duo was the perpetrator of the attack.
“Kumaraswamy, claims that he did not had any interference in the whole episode, but he himself along with his father and brother Revanna perpetrated the whole attack. As Preetam won from a constituency which was dominated by this Gowda family, out of jealousy this attack was done” Ravi Shankar Mijar, Dakshina Kannada’s Vice President said during the protest.
Sanjay Prabhu, Dakshina Kannada Treasurer of BJP, termed the Kumaraswamy led government as the ‘Goondagiri government’. He said “Kumaraswamy ordered this rioting by his party workers. He wants everyone from his family to either be a MLA or an MP, now that his son and Revanna’s son are in-line they are looking for a constituency from where they can field them, and hence they have targeted Hassan, and to instill fear in our MLAs mind this attack was done”.
“This is nothing new, the father and sons have done, they have a factual history of doing such things in the past, so we are not really surprised, but then again, we are not going to back away, we will fight them and defeat them”.
“If he says he had no knowledge about the incident or he hadn’t ordered it, then he should immediately resign from his post, accepting the moral responsibility for the actions of his party workers” Sanjay said.
He further added “If the state has to progress, then this government has to go, and for the betterment of this state, this government will be toppling soon”.
Ex-MLC Monappa Gonda, while addressing the protest, expressed the district BJP’s solidarity with Preetam Gowda and the party worker Rahul who sustained injuries during the JDS workers’ attack on the MLA home, and has been hospitalized since.
“The police are hand-in-glove with the CM and his family, no action can be taken against the party workers, no case will be registered and no arrests will be made in this regard, we know this. Preetam’s family was inside the house, the workers posed threat to their life, yet nobody cares” he said.
About the incident:
JDS workers who planned a protest outside the MLA Preetam’s house, after his audio speaking ill of HD Deve Gowda and his family including Kumaraswamy, was made public.
The workers, who had staged dharna outside MLAs house, anguished over the incident, stormed towards his house and started pelting stones which resulted in one BJP worker sustaining injuries who was later hospitalized.
BS Yeddiyurappa and other leaders rushed to Hassan to meet the injured worker, party has since organized protests in various parts of the state.
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BJP will hold protest till money under Gruha Lakshmi scheme is disbursed: Ashoka
Bengaluru (PTI): BJP leader R Ashoka on Wednesday said that the party would launch a protest against the non-disbursal of money under Gruha Lakshmi scheme for the months of February and March this year.
He also said that the party would request Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot not to give his assent to the Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, which was cleared by both the houses – Legislative Assembly and Council, during the recently concluded winter session in Belagavi.
Speaking to reporters here, the Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, said there were high expectations that the government would announce big schemes for the North Karnataka during the Belagavi session.
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However, instead of announcing packages for North Karnataka, funds were curtailed, he said.
"Gruha Lakshmi scheme money to the tune of Rs 5,000 crore for the months of February and March could not be given to the beneficiaries. The government had dodged it. The finance department had covered it up. Our question is whether there was no money in the previous fiscal and why the government hid it," Ashoka said.
Gruha Lakshmi scheme is one of the five pre-poll guarantees of the state government. It promises Rs 2,000 per month to the women head of the families belonging to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS).
Ashoka said if the government had money then it would have disbursed it.
"We want to know whether the government wanted to cheat people by not giving money or it did not have money,' the BJP leader said.
He added that the BJP waited for three days for Woman and Child Development Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar to respond during the assembly session as 1.26 crore families were anxiously waiting for the money.
"This is a big scam. Even today, the minister has not uttered a word on the Gruha Lakshmi money for the months of February and March. She has stopped coming to Bengaluru. Our question is whether that was part of the budget. If yes, then where has the money gone?" he sought to know.
Ashoka said, "The BJP will hold protests till the money is disbursed to the beneficiaries. We obtained details of eight to 10 districts. When we approached other districts, the ministers threatened the district authorities not to share details."
Regarding the Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, he said it was passed in a hurry without any discussion in both the Houses.
"This was an important bill because it takes away people’s freedom of expression. The government, which brought the Emergency taking away the personal liberties of people and jailing opposition members, journalists and judges, is once again resorting to the same attempt," Ashoka alleged. He was apparently referring to Emergency imposed by the Congress government led by Indira Gandhi in 1975.
According to him, no one can draw cartoons or expose scams once the bill becomes a law.
"There is nothing to feel good about this bill. People will not be able to air their woes on civic problems, rising crime and corruption. It is very clear that the government is targeting the opposition in order to control it," he alleged.
The BJP leader said the party will approach Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on his return from Madhya Pradesh and explain to him how this law is going to affect people and create problems for freedom of expression.
"We will persuade the Governor not to sign this bill. This is the Congress party’s law to put the opposition in jail. We will tell him that there is nothing in it to benefit society," he added.
