Let BJP demand recovery of land allotted to RSS’ Rashtrotthana Parishat: M B Patil
Bengaluru: Minister for Large and Medium Industries M B Patil said that Rashtrotthana Parishat, an RSS body, hadn’t utilized five acres of land granted at Hi-Tech Defense Park for a multipurpose commercial complex. Let the BJP leaders demand for its return, he challenged. He was addressing a press-meet at Vidhan Soudha on Thursday.
"Rashtrotthana Parishat was granted the five acre land at the Hi-Tech Defense Park for a multipurpose commercial complex in 2013. They have not done anything there yet", he said.
Patil said that the RSS body had repeatedly demanded for more time in the pretext of Covid pandemic. Parishath had requested for two more years of time recently, he said. "BJP leaders Lehar Singh and Chalavadi Narayanaswamy must tell us if the land should be recovered or not", he demanded.
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Shedding light on other irregularities, M B Patil said that former Minister of Industries Murugesh Nirani had allotted 25 acres for himself at the Navanagara industrial area in Bagalkot on March 12, 2012 where he had built Thejas International School. "That was the plot reserved for an agro-tech park. When he was re-elected to the post, he acquired another 6.17 acres of land at the same location again on December 19, 2022 and then wrote himself a congratulatory letter", he said.
The Minister said that if the Chanakya University didn't use 51% of land out of 116 acres allotted by the government within June 2025, it would be recovered. "Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) had incurred a loss of 137 crore rupees by selling the land to the University for a mere 50 crores. Why hasn't Narayanaswamy complained to the Governor about this?" he questioned.
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Fan tries to die by suicide over Nikhil Kumaraswamy's bypoll loss
Bengaluru: Channapatna JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who lost the byelection to C.P. Yogeshwar of Congress, on Sunday consoled a fan who reportedly attempted to end his life and requested him not to repeat such acts.
Manjunath, fondly called Abhi, had even penned a letter before taking the dangerous step. Nikhil, who called on Manjunath at the latter’s home in Kudloor in Channapatna, expressed shock and sadness over the incident.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy reassured Manjunath, expressing his support during the difficult time. He told him that he was deeply troubled to learn of this incident and emphasised that he would stand by him. Nikhil also promised to offer assistance in any way he could, including helping him secure employment opportunities in the future, as reported by the Deccan Herald.
He also reminded Manjunath of the importance of his children’s well-being, urging him to focus on their future. “Please, look at the faces of your growing children. Even I have a three-year-old son. The children are young, let us take care of their future also. I will arrange some job opportunities for you. I might not be an MLA but this is a challenge. I will get you employed,” he said.
Nikhil told media persons that he is extremely hurt more by Manjunath’s attempt to die than by his loss in the election. “At 7:30 a.m., we got a message that in Valetoopu, Manjunath had consumed poison yesterday. In Channapatna, our workers and leaders have built this party with zeal. Let the admiration be there in your hearts but if it crosses the line, your families get hurt and we get very pained by it,” he was quoted as saying by the publication.
Speaking of his byelection loss, Nikhil reiterated that the JD(S) had got its traditional votes, but that the votes of a particular community went against the party.
“Deve Gowda gave reservation to a community. We tried our last attempt to take that community into confidence. But they conveyed to us that they do not require us. In future, we will take other communities into confidence,” he remarked in a veiled reference to Muslims.
Nikhil lost the election by a margin of 25,413 votes to Congress candidate C.P. Yogeshwar.
