BJP calls for Karnataka bandh tomorrow
Farmers, pro-Kannada organizations extend no support
Bengaluru, May 27: The BJP has called for ‘voluntary Karnataka bandh’ excluding Bengaluru tomorrow against the JDS-Congress coalition government alleging that Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has failed to keep his words on waiving off the farmers loan even after 24 hours of taking charge as the CM.
But the farmers and pro-Kannada organizations have not extended their support to this bandh called by the BJP. Hotel owners, businessmen, petrol bunk owners, lorry owners, auto drivers and others have clarified that they would not participate in the bandh. There is no holiday for schools and colleges. KSRTC and BMTC buses would ply as usual,. Auto Rickshaw and taxi service would also be there in the city. As per the court direction, there is no provision for bandh, police officers said.
In view of this, except Bengaluru, the Karnataka bandh in Coastal region, Hubballi, Dharwad, Bellary, Belagavi and other cities would be a symbolic one.
BJP leader Ravi Kumar said that Kumaraswamy has cheated the farmers without fulfilling his promise. So, the people should observe bandh voluntarily. Believing the promises made in the election manifesto, the people have believed the JDS and given more seats than expected. Now, Kumaraswamy is telling that he could not waive off the farmers loans which is not acceptable, he said.
Condemning Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy’s anti-farmers stand, the BJP has called for Karnataka bandh. Thousands of party workers and himself would participate in the bandh. They would not hesitate to conduct the bandh even if the government caned them or put them before bars, said MLA B Sriramulu.
Meanwhile, leaders of state sugarcane growers association, Chamber of Kannada Films, farmers association and private vehicles owners association have denied their support to the bandh called by BJP. They said that they would not support this unilateral decision taken without discussing with the Chief Minister.
- No holiday for schools and colleges
- Cinemas and petrol bunks would function as usual
- KSRTC and other government transport system would function as usual
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BJP using money garnered from paper leaks to fund Jharkhand poll campaign, alleges Soren
Ranchi (PTI): Taking a dig at the central investigative agencies, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday claimed that they were busy probing incidents like "chicken theft" while cases like the examination paper leaks in UP remain untouched at the behest of the BJP.
Soren alleged that the BJP was behind the paper leaks in the states it ruled, and the money it garnered from there was being used to fund its poll campaigns.
"The pomp and show that you are seeing from BJP in Jharkhand elections is all due to the money from paper leaks... ED, CBI, NIA which have started investigating even chicken theft cases these days did not probe paper leaks because it is the BJP that leaks these and with that money, it buys MLAs and MPs post elections," Soren alleged in a post on X.
"Exam papers were leaked in all BJP-ruled states... MP Vyapam scam claimed several lives. In Jharkhand, we made tough law post one paper leak but BJP went to Raj Bhavan terming it a black law," he alleged.
Soren claimed that had he not been "harassed" by the ED and CBI in "false" cases, he would have created several new posts in the government and ensured large-scale recruitments.
