Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka on Tuesday said the BJP will try to corner the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government on a host of issues such as the Waqf row, alleged corruption scams, among others, during the winter session of state legislature in Belagavi.
The winter session will be held between December 9 and 20 at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in the district headquarters town of Belagavi, bordering Maharashtra.
The BJP on Tuesday held a meeting of the party’s senior leaders to discuss key issues to be raised during the session.
Earlier, Karnataka BJP president BY Vijayendra said that every decision taken by the Karnataka government is anti-poor.
“The latest decision in Karnataka of a 20 percent hike in government hospitals and medical colleges indicates that the Congress government is desperate to raise its resources to fulfill its guarantees. I demand that Siddaramaiah withdraw such an anti-poor decision… BJP is not opposed to the cancellation of BPL cards,” he said.
Former Minister BC Patil, BJP Haveri district president Arunkumar Pujar, former MLA Virupakshappa Bellary, along with other BJP leaders and activists, participated in the protest.
Protests were held in front of Deputy Commissioner (DC) and Tahsildar offices across the state under the banner ‘Our Land, Our Right’.
Earlier, amid the uproar over the issue, the Karnataka Government’s Principal Secretary of the Revenue Department issued a directive to all Regional Commissioners and District Commissioners regarding the Waqf matter.
The letter warns of disciplinary action against officials who alter land mutation records or issue eviction notices to farmers under the Waqf Act. The order, issued on November 9, directs officials to withdraw all notices served to farmers, revoke any land mutation orders issued by authorities, and halt ongoing mutation work.
