The Karnataka BJP unit will launch a 16-day Jana Aakrosha Yatra from Monday, protesting in opposition to the hike in costs of important commodities, reservation for Muslims in authorities tenders under Rs 2 crore, and accusing the Congress-led state authorities of misgovernance.
The marketing campaign follows an in a single day protest staged by the BJP in opposition to the hike in milk and diesel costs on April 2 and three.
Addressing a information convention Sunday, Chief of Opposition R Ashoka stated that the marketing campaign shall be flagged off by Union Minister for Client Affairs, Meals, and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi in Mysuru. Throughout the first day of the Yatra, a km-long march shall be taken out previous to a public assembly in Mysuru.
Taking a dig at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Ashoka highlighted the hike in stamp duties, energy tariffs, revision in bus ticket costs, and liquor costs in the course of the present Congress regime. “Within the historical past of Karnataka, if there’s a CM who has hiked costs of assorted commodities in simply 20 months of his tenure, it’s Siddaramaiah,” he stated.
Other than the worth hike, the reservation granted to Muslims – together with SC/ST and OBC communities – in authorities tenders under Rs 2 crore is a key subject for the BJP. “Why was there a necessity for religion-based reservation?” he requested, claiming that contractors from the Muslim group will bid for tenders within the reserved quota in addition to within the common quota. “In locations like Mangaluru, they’re doing 50 per cent of the contracts,” Ashoka stated, including that he had paperwork to again his assertion.
The protest shall be carried out in 4 phases throughout totally different areas of the state. The primary part will cowl Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikkamagaluru, Uttara Kannada, and Shivamogga districts. The second part will go by way of Belagavi, Dharwad, Bagalkot, Vijayapura, Kalaburagi, and Bidar districts. Davanagere, Haveri, Gadag, Koppal, Yadgir, Raichur, Vijayanagar, and Ballari districts shall be lined within the third part, adopted by Bengaluru City, Bengaluru Rural, Tumakuru, Ramanagar, Kolar, and Chikkaballapur districts within the fourth part.
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