People ready with a befitting reply to BJP after 10 years of lost peace: Jayaprakash Hegde
Mudigere: Congress party’s Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha candidate hitting Jayaprakash Hegde lashing out at the BJP for its lack of development in the past 10 years, on Monday said “Public, who are facing difficulties due to the BJP administration, are ready to give a befitting reply to the Modi government.” He was speaking at the election campaign meeting organized in Banakal, Kasaba, Gonibeedu, Balur Hobli area of the taluk.
“People cannot be fooled into thinking that they are running a corruption-free administration. The country knows that his corruption was exposed by the Supreme Court due to the election bond scam,” he added.
Furthermore, he pointed out that when he was an MP of the constituency, the Kadur-Mangaluru road widening project had received the green signal, however even after 10 years of the BJP administration, it has not been widened.
Lambasting at Former MP Shobha Karandlaje, who is also the Union Minister of state for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Hegde said, “The problems of the farmers and the people including the problem of the coffee growers and the elimination of arecanut disease were not solved. They have increased the prices of all essential items including petrol and have made people unable to live peacefuly. The BJP is under the delusion that people will support them if they seek votes under PM Modi's name, without making any development and pro-people schemes.”
“Before the BJP came to power, they (BJP) had claimed that they would retrieve the black money and deposit 15 lakhs in every citizen's account. That black money still remains in circulation. The corruption of those who talk about corruption-free governance has been exposed by the Supreme Court over the electoral bond scam. No one is getting free gas under the Ujjwala scheme,” alleged Hegde.
He further highlighted that, “Likewise the state government’s 5 guarantees, the Indian National Congress Party has also announced 5 guarantees. This will further alleviate the suffering of the people. The people should support the Congress for that.”
Supporting Hegde's stance, MLA Nayana Motamma emphasized the positive impact of the state government's guarantees and Hegde's previous pro-people initiatives during his tenure as MP. She highlighted the dissatisfaction among the electorate with the BJP's governance and urged voters to support Hegde and the Congress party for meaningful change.
Former minister B.B. Ningaiah, former MLA M.P. Kumaraswamy, Bloc Congress President H.G. Surendra, K.Venkatesh, C.B.Shankar, C.K.Ibrahim and others were present during the meeting.
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Udupi CNG fuel shortage: Long queues of vehicles has become a common sight
Udupi (Karnataka) Apr 29: The coastal district of Udupi is going through a severe shortage of Compressed Natural Gas for Automotive applications.
Although the number of CNG fuel-based vehicles is increasing, the number of CNG filling stations in Udupi district has not risen. In the existing bunks, the supply is not as high as the demand. Due to this, motorists, especially rickshaw drivers have to wait for hours to get their fuel tanks filled.
“I've been waiting for not less than four-five hours everyday for the past one week. Most of the time my vehicle is idle and I am not able to take up fares, as a result of which I have lost so much of income and my bank obligations will take a beating if this continues any longer," Sundar Shetty, a rickshaw driver in Udupi said.
CNG fuel is not being supplied to existing bunks as per demand. And as the demand is high, the stock depletes quickly and sometimes the rickshaws are parked overnight in a queue for early morning refuelling, leaders of the CNG Autorickshaw Drivers Association said.
In Udupi town, there is only one bunk that has CNG facility, but most of the time it is empty.
“Due to high investment on land, equipment and daily stocks, there are not many takers for this business” the bunk owners said.
There is only one CNG station in Kundapura taluk out of three in Udupi district. There are more than 5,000 CNG based vehicles in the district.
The sight of hundreds of rickshaws and other vehicles waiting to fill CNG fuel at the CNG bank in Koteshwar every day from 4 am is very common.
Sometimes one has to wait till 8-9 o'clock. However, there is no guarantee that everyone will get fuel. Similar are the conditions in Karkala and Kundapur taluks of Udupi district.
The rickshaw drivers and other CNG users have appealed to the Udupi district authorities and approached the Udupi Chamber of Commerce and Industry to put pressure on the government to normalise supply and to open more bunks.
