‘Telangana model’ fight if North Karnataka is neglected: MLA Sriramulu
Ballary, July 27: If the JDS-Congress coalition government has done injustice to North Karnataka, a fight for separate North Karnataka state would be launched on the line of ‘Telangana model’ fight, said Molakalmuru MLA B Sriramulu.
Speaking to reporters at his house here on Friday, Sriramulu said that the North Karnataka was completely neglected in the Budget. How far it was right to speak lightly about North Karnataka? If the same ill-treatment continued to North Karnataka, there might be a revolution, he warned.
“Politics is not important for me. My people are important to me. I have not stuck to power. I would not hesitate to resign from the MLA position and plunge into the protest against the injustice and fight for separate north Karnataka state. It is our objective to protect Karnataka as a whole. But if the North Karnataka is meted with injustice oftenly, we will not keep quite. Should we tolerate the irresponsible statements of the Chief Minister on loan waiver, Mahadayi movement and farmers of North Karnataka”, he asked.
A Chief Minister should treat all parts of the state equally. It was not right to speak against the North Karnataka people who have not voted him. Kumaraswamy had become a chief minister for a few districts instead of the entire state, he ridiculed.
PWD Minister HD Revanna was not going to other districts instead of Hassan, Mandya and Ramanagar. Though Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts faced rain fury, he did not visit those places. Even though Krishna River overflowed, he had never visited the place, he said.
Kumaraswamy had promised of good governance. But after two months of forming the government, he had never appointed district ministers. Vidhana Soudha and Vikasa Soudha have become the haven of middlemen and agents according to the Chief Minister. Let him control those who are waiting near the houses of the Chief Minister and some Ministers with suitcases for transfer business, he demanded.
Total 16 districts do not have JDS MLAs and the JDS has lost its deposits in 100 constituencies. Even then, Kumaraswamy has become the chief minister of the state. Instead of treating all constituencies equally, he was discriminating in sanctioning funds to the constituencies which do not have JDS MLAs. The loan waiver order was not yet implemented. It was an inactive government. It has limited itself for transfer business, he alleged.
“By restricting the media people from entering the Vidhana Soudha, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has been trying to administration like Hitler. It is regrettable that former chief minister Siddaramaiah who won from the North Karnataka did not raise his voice against the injustice to the North Karnataka in the Budget”.
- Sriramulu, BJP MLA
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Former minister C M Ibrahim announces to launch new regional party for Karnataka
Kalaburagi: Two years after being expelled from the Janata Dal (Secular), former minister C.M. Ibrahim has announced that he will launch a new regional political party in Karnataka on January 24, reported Deccan Herald.
Speaking at a meeting organised by the Nava Karnataka Nirmana Andolana in Kalaburagi on Sunday, Ibrahim confirmed the birth of the new party.
The 77-year-old politician stated he would soon be meeting with other like-minded individuals to choose a symbol for the party.
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Ibrahim emphasised that the organisation would be guided by the principles of 12th-century social reformer Basavanna and the architect of the Indian Constitution, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
A veteran politician, Ibrahim served as Union Civil Aviation Minister during the tenure of H.D. Deve Gowda as Prime Minister and later headed the Karnataka unit of the Janata Dal (Secular). He was expelled from the JD(S) in 2023 on charges of anti-party activities.
His exit from the party followed sharp differences over the JD(S) decision to ally with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). As the then state president of the JD(S), Ibrahim had publicly criticised the alliance, claiming it was finalised without his knowledge. He had also reportedly convened meetings of his supporters and expressed support for the INDIA bloc.
