Belthangadi: Former MLA Vasant Bangera said that on January 7, Brahat protested in front of Mini Vidanasauda against the illegal sand mining in Mugeradka, the corruption in the Rs 250 crore irrigation project and the anti-people behavior of the government .
Speaking at a press conference on Monday, he said that petrol, diesel and gas prices have skyrocketed, the government is privatizing airports, factories, banks, LIC and ports, youths are not being given jobs, farmers are distressed due to the increase in fertilizer prices.
Recently, the responsible minister has made an irresponsible statement about groundnut cultivation and is trying to avoid the farmers. The minister should apologize to the farmers. Farmers should not listen to such words. Nuts will get good price. Don’t hesitate to grow nuts, he said. The government which has done injustice to the poor by cutting the AQJ in the Anba Bhagya Yojana has done injustice to the people by levying GST rate on essential items.
He said that they are discriminating in the distribution of PL cards, sowing poison seeds for OT among castes and they are going to protest against it. There is no information about the march to save Netravati from January 8 and I do not have my support. Former Minister Gangadara Gowda said that the Congress is working to inform the people about the corruption going on in the BJP government and they are going to the villages through the Indira Gandhi Rath Yatra to inform the people about the government’s failures. Block Congress president Ranjan Gowda, Shailesh Kumar, Nagar Panchayat member Jagadish, leaders Keshav Gowda Belalu, Ashrap Neria, Abdul Rahiman Padpu, Ravi Kotyan, AC Mathew, Shoba Narayana Gowda, Bharat Kumar, Ravi, Narayana Gowda Mundaje, Mehboob were present in the concert.
