Bengaluru: State BJP president B.S. Yeddyurappa on Saturday said that he will organise a farmers' rally in Bengaluru in the last week of July to pressurise the state government to waive off agricultural loans.
Interacting with the media at a meet-the-press programme, organised jointly by the Bengaluru Press Club and Bengaluru Reporters' Guild here, he warned, "If Chief Minister Siddaramaiah does not take a decision on waiving off the farm loans, I will lead an agitation by inviting 4-5 lakh farmers to Bengaluru."
Slamming both the Congress and JD(S) for criticising his breakfast meetings with the Dalits, he said, “I’ll continue to visit Dalit colonies and have food with them. It is not the first time that I have visited Dalit colonies. Soon after I assumed charge as BJP president, I started my work after garlanding the statue of Ambedkar on April 14.”
He said, "The Congress has no moral right to speak about Dalits. It has veered away from Dr B.R. Ambedkar and his principles. It was the Congress that deprived Babu Jagajeevan Ram of a chance to become the Prime Minister.”0
“Large-scale corruption and nepotism is the biggest achievement of the Congress in the last four years. CM Siddaramaiah has weakened the Lokayukta and constituted the Anti-Corruption Bureau to protect Congress leaders," he charged.
“I will not pay any attention to irrelevant statements of H.D. Kumaraswamy. Based on a Supreme Court order, illegal mining cases have been registered against him. His allegation that the complaint against him was prepared at the BJP office is baseless," he said.
Denying the possibility of an alliance with the JD(S) if the party falls short of majority in the 2018 Assembly elections, Mr Yeddyurappa said, "The question of forming an alliance with any other party does not arise as we are confident of getting 150-plus seats."
Criticising the Congress for not making an honest effort to convince its party leaders in Goa to get the approval for Kalasa-Banduri project, Mr Yeddyurappa said, "Mr Siddaramaiah, you first convince your party leaders in Goa and we will definitely convince Goa Chief Minister to take approval for the project."
