BJP calls for state-wide protest against state government on Nov. 21
Allegation of sugarcane dues, insult to woman
Bengaluru, November 20: The BJP has called for a state-wide protest against the state government accusing it of insulting a farmer woman and demanding clearance of sugarcane dues and support price on November 21.
Speaking to reporters at the party office at Malleshwaram here on Tuesday, BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa said that Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy was responsible for the sugarcane farmers to come on the streets. They would not have protested if the state government announced the suitable price to the sugarcane. Chief Minister Kumaraswamy’s statement on a farmer woman was not acceptable. The farmer woman termed Kumaraswamy as unfit to become a chief minister. What was wrong in it? But the Chief Minister has tried to justify his statement, he alleged.
Official opposition party
“We have been working as an official opposition party in the state. Who put pressure on me when I reduced the interest rate on farm loans during our coalition government? Both Deve Gowda and Kumaraswamy had questioned me about reducing the interest rate”, Yeddyurappa said.
In the next Belagavi Session, all issues including the farmers issue would be discussed. A farmers rally would be conducted in Belagavi during the Session to draw the attention of the government. Total 100 taluks were drought affected. But the concerned ministers have not visited the affected taluks. The BJP has been collecting information about it and raise this issue in the Winter Session, he said.
‘Whoever may be, take action’
Even if the sugar factories owned by the BJP leaders have dues to farmers or leaders of any political parties have owned the sugar factories, dues should be cleared immediately. The government should take immediate action. The Chief Minister should take action to clear the dues.
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BS Yeddyurappa, BJP State President
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BJP slams move to make CM Siddaramaiah as RDPR varsity chancellor replacing Guv
Bengaluru (PTI): Opposition BJP on Friday condemned the government's move to make the chief minister the chancellor of the Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) University replacing the governor, terming it as an attempt to pollute the higher education system.
State BJP president B Y Vijayendra said this attempt to cut down on the powers of the governor is a conspiracy to upset the constitutional system.
The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday approved a bill, according to which the chief minister will be appointed as the chancellor, replacing the governor at the RDPR University in Gadag.
The governor is the chancellor for all public universities in Karnataka.
Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot currently holds the post.
"With a good intention that politics should not mix in education and as per the intent of the constitution, the Governor who is also the constitutional head of the state is the chancellor of the universities. But the government led by Siddaramaiah (CM), which is engaged in a series of corruption, by abusing its existing powers, is trying to pollute the higher education system," Vijayendra posted on 'X'.
He said the government's move will allow "unnecessary political interference" in the field of rural development studies.
"The Congress government, which has been impatient towards the governor since the beginning, sees him as an enemy to cut down on the powers, and it is a conspiracy to upset the constitutional system. This move of the state government is highly condemnable," he added.
Earlier in September, the cabinet, at a meeting held in Kalaburagi, decided to divest the governor of the power to appoint the vice-chancellor of RDPR University.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil on Thursday defended the government's move and said, "It will make the university more active and quick decisions will be taken...this system is there in many states, including Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh."
