Saffron party ropes in Dalit leaders
November 22, 2011
DC
Bellary
Leaders of the ruling BJP tried to play catch-up a day after senior
Congress leader and Union minister for labour M. Mallikarjun Kharge
toured Bellary (ST) Assembly constituency to garner the support of
25,000-odd Scheduled Caste voters here on Monday. In a show of
strength, Kannada and culture minister Govind Karjol, Members of
Parliament Ramesh Jigajinagi and K.B. Shanappa, chairman of Dr B.R.
Ambedkar Development Corporation, A.R. Krishnamurthy and leaders of
Dalit Sangarsh Samiti (DSS) toured the constituency along with state
BJP chief K.S. Eshwarappa. The leaders criticised the previous
Congress regime as well as former tourism minister G. Janardhan Reddy
and his supporters. They charged that interests of Dalits were ignored
when Mr Reddy was the district in-charge minister.
Meanwhile, on the second day of his campaign, Mr Kharge appealed to
voters in Kakka Bevinahalli, Paramadevanahalli, Ibrahimpura, Hagari,
Joladarashi and Challagurki villages to vote for party candidate B.
Ram Prasad. Mr Kharge was accompanied by local leaders including Mr
Anil Lad, MP, K.C. Kondaiah, MLC, and former KPCC president Mr Allum
Veerabhadrappa. The Union minister said his party would seek a mandate
on the basis of achievements of the UPA government rather than harp on
failures of the state government. He also criticized BJP patriarch L K
Advani for launching "Jan Chetna Yatra", saying such nation-wide tours
do not help achieve much.
Speaking to reporters later, Mr Kharge called for electoral reforms to
curb unnecessary expenditure such as that incurred in bypolls like the
one thrust on the electorate by former health minister B Sreeramulu.
The independent ought to realize that politics ought to be taken
seriously. "I have decided to write to the Chief Election Commissioner
(CEC) and Union minister for law soon and convince them about not
holding by-elections because of unjustifiable decisions taken by
elected representatives. Such decisions are proving a heavy burden on
the exchequer," he added.
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