JD(S) plans big campaign to get closer to people

Bengaluru: The first meeting of the newly-constituted core committee of the state unit of JD (S), held here on Tuesday, decided to constitute teams to gather details of problems faced by people which will be highlighted ahead of elections to the Legislative Assembly in 2018.

The meeting, chaired by JD (S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda and state unit president H D Kumaraswamy, appointed Mr Madhu Bangarappa, Mr B M Farooq, Mr Srimanth Patil, Mr G T Deve Gowda and Mr Bandeppa Kashempur as heads of the teams which would visit districts allotted to them.

Mr Kumaraswamy told the media these would also gauge the status of JD (S) in all districts before December 24. Member of Legislative Council T A Sarawana and Rajya Sabha member Kupendra Reddy would head teams to tour Bengaluru district. Local JD(S) legislators would join these teams when they visit their respective districts, he added.

He said the party took a decision to appoint ten joint secretaries, ten secretaries, three vice-presidents, a senior vice-president, a treasurer and an honorary president, before December 24.

A convention of dalit women and backward classes would be held in January. Constituency-level meetings of all 28 Assembly constituencies would be held on December 17 and 18, Belagavi, Vijayapura and Ballari districts from December 19 to 23.

Expressing surprise about parallel investigation by officers of CBI and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) into seizure of cash and other valuables from residences of two senior government officers, Mr Deve Gowda sought to know who would file the charge sheet first.

He said such parallel investigation was unprecedented. “I came to know from the media about the  involvement of senior officers in this  scam,” he added.