Bangalore: It has all the ingredients of the old AHINDA movement that projected Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as a backward class leader, but the Congress seems unwilling to admit it as it works to win backward class votes in the run up to the coming Parliamentary elections.
The rally being organised on Bangalore's outskirts by the Backward Classes Federation on the occasion of its 10th anniversary on January 12 has the very same leaders, who once spearheaded the AHINDA rallies.
They include former Congress MLA, H.M. Revanna, B.K. Ravi, Siddagangaiah, Prof Narasimhaiah, and G.K. Sathya.
However, speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Revanna claimed the rally was a political as the organisers had decided to invite leaders of all parties.
“While chief minister Siddaramaiah, Union ministers Mallikarjun Kharge and Veerappa Moily will be present at the inauguration, the valedictory will have JDS leader H.D. Kumaraswamy and BJP leaders present," he said, adding that at least five lakh people were expected to attend the event.
“There are over 48 backward class castes in the state, including Kurubas, Vishwakarmis and Idigas and so on. People from all these communities will participate,'' he maintained.
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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the state government would take a decision on the second Krishna Tribunal's verdict after consulting the legal team headed by senior counsel Fali Nariman in New Delhi on Thursday.
Speaking to media persons here after meeting floor leaders of both Houses of the legislature on Wednesday, Siddaramaiah said he would leave for Delhi on Thursday along with rural development and panchayat raj minister H.K. Patil, law and parliamentary affairs minister T.B. Jayachandra, water resources minister M.B. Patil, IT, BT minister S.R.Patil for discussions with Nariman.
Siddaramaiah said the Opposition leaders suggested that the government file a Special Leave Petition (SLP) against the tribunal's verdict in Supreme Court, but the ruling party had an open mind before taking any decision.
"The Opposition leaders have suggested that we file a SLP in the Supreme Court. For now, the government has not taken any decision because we have kept our mind open on the issue," he added.
The meeting, Siddaramaiah said, was held for almost three hours in the presence of legal experts to safeguard the state's interest of getting maximum share of water of the river Krishna.
