Mangaluru, May 16: In the wake of the gram panchayat elections scheduled on May 29th, former Minister Suresh Kumar visited the district and held meeting with BJP workers of Beltangady and Moodbidri constituencies in Beltangady on Friday May 15th.
Addressing a press meet at the district BJP office in Mangaluru in the evening, Suresh Kumar said, since the gram panchayat elections are approaching, I visited Dakshina Kannada and we are preparing for the same. Union minister Ananth Kumar will visit the district tomorrow, he said.
BJP has complained to the state election commission about the ruling Congress government concerned to the distribution of subsidized items ahead of the gram panchayat elections. Our party has filed a complaint today (May 15th) with the election commission against the state government. The election commissioner has taken a serious note of the complaint and assured us of writing a letter to the state government. The Supreme Court has issued strict rules that government should not use public money for publicity, he said.
Our party has good candidates who can provide able administration at the gram panchayat level. The party workers have assured that we would win, he added.
He said, under the leadership of K B Koliwad, a committee has been formed to investigate on the encroachment of Bengaluru tanks. He has asked us to study about the encroachment of tank beds and give a report. We are yet to submit the report. The state government has used JCBs and bulldozers to demolish the houses of the poor. We raised our voice against it as we felt the pain of the poor. The government is busy in demolishing houses of the poor, but we have decided to stop this, he added.
He said further, it is the responsibility of the home minister to protect the interests of the public. He has failed to protect the people of his own constituency. Though houses in his constituency were demolished, George visited only yesterday (May 14th) after H D Kumaraswamy and I went there. After visiting, he said there was no tank in his constituency and hence demolishing houses was a mistake. We have such kind of people in the state cabinet, said Suresh Kumar.
Citizens are very much disappointed with the two years of congress government. It should render a good administration at least in the remaining three years, he added.
On this occasion, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, State vice-president Krishnamurthy, Treasurer Gopinath Reddy, BJP district president Pratap Simha Nayak and others were also present.
