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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New Delhi (PTI): "I will look into it," Chief Justice of India B R Gavai assured on Wednesday when a plea relating to stray dogs was mentioned for urgent hearing in the Supreme Court.
The plea by the Conference for Human Rights (India) was mentioned before a bench of the chief justice and Justice K Vinod Chandran by a lawyer.
Another bench has already passed an order in relation to stray dogs, the CJI pointed out.
On August 11, a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan observed that instances of dog bites had given rise to an "extremely grim" situation and ordered the permanent relocation of all strays in Delhi-NCR "at the earliest".
On Wednesday, the lawyer referred to a May 2024 order passed by a bench led by Justice J K Maheshwari relegating petitions relating to the stray dog issue to respective high courts.
The CJI then assured that he will look into it.
The plea by Conference for Human Rights (India) claims the Animal Birth Control (Dog) Rules, 2001 mandating regular sterilisation and immunisation programmes for stray dogs to curtail their growing population are not being complied with.
In its August 11 ruling, the apex court also said dog shelters will have to be augmented over time and directed Delhi authorities to start with creating shelters of around 5,000 canines within six to eight weeks.
Besides, the bench warned of strict action against an individual or organisation in case of any kind of obstruction in the relocation drive that might also prompt the court to initiate contempt proceedings.