Bengaluru: On Saturday, BJP and JD(S), two main opposition parties in Karnataka state, started a seven-day ‘Mysuru Chalo’ yatra from Bengaluru to Mysuru, demanding Siddaramaiah, the chief minister, quit his post. Although there isn’t much of it, the protest has to do with Siddaramaiah concerning an alleged MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority) site allotment scam. The blaring of bugles and drums preceded the major procession of the march. The march, however, started with BJP state president B Y Vijayendra and JD(S) Youth Wing president Nikhil Kumaraswamy. The climax of the event is planned to be a big public rally in Mysuru on August 10.
Typically, BJP stalwart B S Yediyurappa verbally assailed the Chief Minister for corruption and asked him to step down on his own volition. Speaking to party workers and leaders at Kalaburagi, Yediyurappa said the charges were serious, and blamed Siddaramaiah for not being able to handle the issue properly. Their anti-BJP actions have discredited the Congress party and therefore cannot challenge Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s notice to the Chief Minister, said the opposition leader R Ashoka. Ashoka opined that adverse scenario as the case, if prosecution is allowed, was demonstrated by Siddaramaiah’s reaction to the notice.
Karnataka CM on Bengaluru Protests
Addressing a protest rally, Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries from Karnataka H D Kumaraswamy accused the Congress party of not coming up with any policy to uplift the scheduled castes and the backward classes and alleged that they are anti-Dalit They pointed towards the scams which took place in MUDA and Valmiki Corporation which supported their claim. He termed the current government as ‘unfortunate’ and went on to forecast. Early this year, Kumaraswamy threatened the government as expired and made the political environment even more charged.
Protests were held against his administration over corruption charges, and Siddaramaiah stood up to defend his administration. Stating that the BJP is the “grandfather” of corruption, the minister accused them of practising incitement to extortion during their rule. Siddaramaiah referred to a statement by the president of the Karnataka Contractors’ Association, D Kempanna, that the former BJP regime had demanded a forty percent commission.
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