For farm loan waiver, I will stage dharna, hold rally in July: BS Yeddyurappa
Mysuru: State BJP president B.S. Yeddyurappa said on Sunday that he was no longer interested in merely discussing the issue of farm loan waiver and would hold a satyagraha on July 7, 8 and 9 after which he would bring three lakh farmers to Bengaluru on July 10 to exert pressure on CM Siddaramaiah to waive farm loans taken from co-operative banks, or give up power.
While speaking to mediapersons during his visit to Mysuru district on Sunday. the former CM was asked if he would also bring pressure on the Central government to waive loans taken by farmers from nationalised banks. “My focus now is on getting loans taken from co-operative societies waived. As for loans from nationalised banks, I don’t want to discuss it here. I will talk about it at the right place,” he said.
He also announced that after June 30, he will stay for two days in each district, hold public rallies in two constituencies in each district and has plans to cover 224 constituencies by August end. “People are frustrated with the Siddaramaiah government, they are looking for change. We are 100% sure we will come to power in the next polls,” he said. The former CM lashed out at the Siddaramaiah government saying the Central government had given '1966.44 crore under Swachh Bharat scheme to ensure a toilet for each house, but the funds have not been completely spent.
Breakfast at noon!
On Sunday, Ms Renuka woke up as early as 4 am to prepare breakfast while husband M Narasimhamurthy too put off a wedding programme to make sure everything was in place when BJP state president B.S. Yeddyurappa came visiting them.
Mr Yeddyurappa who was supposed to arrive for breakfast with the Dalit family, finally made it for brunch at 12 noon! The couple’s two children, Neethan and Namith, delayed their breakfast and were overjoyed when the former CM finally arrived to have food with them at their residence at No. 17, Ambedkarnagar, Kuri Mandi at Kesare here. The couple served ragi roti, uchchal chutney and uppit to Yeddyurappa who was accompanied by former Union minister V. Srinivasprasad, Mysuru MP Pratap Simha, former IAS officer Mr Shivram and Mr Kote Shivanna. All the BJP leader did was smile when asked if it was not too late for breakfast.
The couple also treated over 500 party workers to uppit, idli and chutney, prepared by a caterer. Mr Narasimhamurthy is general secretary of BJP in NR constituency.
However, some poor Dalits who waited eagerly to share their grievances with Yeddyurappa, remained disappointed as he rushed back soon after his brief speech.
“I did not go to sell my soppu (green leaves) so that I could spend time with Yeddyurappa and share my grievances with him. The fair price shop owner claims he gives us 5 kg rice, if we get it weighed elsewhere, it weighs just 4 kg,” a vendor Lakshmi complained.
