BJP leaders take out protest march to Karnataka CM’s residence, taken into preventive custody
On Wednesday, Karnataka Police detained BJP leaders, including state President B Y Vijayendra and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) R Ashoka at the Kumara Krupa Guest House in Bengaluru while preparing to march to the Chief Minister’s residence.
Some senior leaders were dragged into buses and taken away.
The BJP leaders slammed the state government for not allowing them to stage a protest, claiming that by not allowing them to protest, the Congress government had confirmed the role of CM Siddaramaiah in the scams.
BJP leaders demanded CM Siddaramaiah’s resignation over the alleged irregularities in the tribal development Board and Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
Leader of the Opposition, Ashoka stated that in the MUDA scam, land owners, who were supposed to get 15 sites were given 20 sites, and in some cases, landowners who lost their land and were supposed to get 20 sites were allotted 60 sites by the authorities.
Ashoka called it “open loot” by the government. He said that the BJP has already compelled a minister to resign in the tribal welfare scam and is vowing to continue the agitation until another minister from the Congress government resigns.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is enquiring into the Mandya Urban Development Authority case and the BJP is demanding that the MUDA scam be handed over to the CBI as well.
Vijayendra stated that sites meant for the poor were being distributed to a chosen few, leaving the poor waiting for over 10 to 13 years.
Former Home Minister Araga Jnanendra demanded that the CM resign, accusing him of being “anti-Dalit” and usurping funds meant for Dalits in the tribal welfare Board.
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