Bengaluru, July 14 (IANS) Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) patriarch H.D. Deve Gowda on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Karnataka government over the incident of violence linked to the proposed Bidadi Township Project. He demanded that the FIRs registered against protesting farmers be withdrawn immediately and urged the government to scrap the project. He warned that if the government ignored his appeal, he would be forced to launch a satyagraha in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s …
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Bengaluru, July 14 (IANS) The ruling Congress on Tuesday intensified its attack on Union Minister, H.D. Kumaraswamy, over the violence during the Bidadi Township Project survey, alleging that the unrest was politically motivated and orchestrated to defame Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. The party also accused the Union Minister of adopting a dual stand on environmental issues.While senior Congress MLA, H.C. Balakrishna, accused Kumaraswamy of sponsoring the protests, Rural Development and Pancha…
Bengaluru, July 14 (IANS) The Karnataka government has registered FIRs against more than 20 farmers in connection with the violent protest that disrupted a land survey for the proposed Bidadi Township project on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The cases were registered at the Bidadi Police Station on Tuesday based on a complaint filed by Revenue Department officials, who stated that the protesters attacked them and obstructed them from discharging their duties. However, officials plan to hold talks …
Bengaluru, July 13 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel Pralhad Joshi on Monday said the incident in which women farmers allegedly thrashed officials with brooms during the Joint Measurement Survey (JMC) for the proposed Bidadi Township project was a “warning bell” for the Karnataka government. In a statement, Joshi said the agitation by Bidadi farmers was not an ordinary protest but an expression of the deep anguish of farmers determined to protect their agricultural land, which…
Bengaluru, July 13 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday warned the Karnataka government and the police against what he termed the “misuse” of law enforcement to suppress the ongoing agitation against the proposed Bidadi Township project, even as government officials faced stiff resistance from farmers and women protesters during a land survey attempt in Mandalahalli village of Bidadi taluk. The incident occurred when officials arrived to conduct a Joint…