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Deve Gowda urges Siddaramaiah to take over BMIC

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BANGALORE, January 7, 2014: Intensifying his fight against the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE), which is executing the controversial Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project, the former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) national president H.D. Deve Gowda on Monday urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to take over the project from the private company in a bid to protect the interests of farmers, who are losing their lands for the project.

Describing the implementation of the project as an “international fraud”, Mr. Deve Gowda said he would seek the intervention of AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi — who has been voicing his concerns against corruption — on the issue to ensure that the government takes over the project.

“Mr. Rahul Gandhi has been saying that he will not allow injustice to farmers in the wake of the Centre bringing about a new land acquisition Act to take care of farmers’ interests. I will bring the BMIC issue to his notice and tell him how the farmers are getting a raw deal. He must take steps to ensure that farmers are given better compensation as per the provisions of the new Act,” Mr. Deve Gowda told a press conference in Bangalore.

He said: “If need be, I will also draw the attention of Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal on the BMIC issue.”

Mr. Deve Gowda said Mr. Siddaramaiah was the Finance Minister when the State government, led by him as Chief Minister, had entered into a memorandum of understanding with the NICE in 1996 to provide faster connectivity between Bangalore and Mysore.

“But, instead of making its own investments, the company has only mortgaged government land to get bank loans to pay compensation to farmers,” he alleged, and also accused the company of violating various norms.

“Mr. Siddaramaiah is in an ideal situation to act, as he knows everything about the BMIC project.”

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  1. Lesson Number 3

    Yesterday was a field day for TV channels

    Panel experts were screaming :

    > Prashant Bhushan wants to hand over Kashmir to Pakistan

    > Rakhi Bidlan is a compulsive liar, who seeks cheap publicity by alleging
    terrorist attack on her car

    > Kumar Vishwas is hiding communal skeletons in his cupboard

    > Aam Aadmi Party is falling apart

    > AAP has no experience in governing

    > AAP has neither a Vision , nor a Policy on any national matter

    > In trying to contest Lok Sabha elections , AAP is biting off more than
    what it can chew

    > AAP has no clue about financing government expenditure . By subsidizing
    Water / Power etc , it will bankrupt the Delhi government

    > AAP is indulging in populist give-away with an eye on 2014

    > AAP is shying away from catching corrupt Congressmen

    > AAP is a B-Team of Congress / hand-in-glove with Congress / stooge of
    Congress

    > AAP ministers are practicing phony simplicity to fool people

    Amidst a free-for-all ” VERBATHON ” amongst the so-called experts and the vociferous / dominating TV anchors , these are a few comments I could catch !

    Now , don’t blame the TV anchors

    Their own annual salary-increase depends upon the TRP rating of the show !

    But as far as the experts are concerned , they were engaged in a game of one-up-man ship !

    Each was trying to prove that ,

    > he had more negative opinions about AAP

    > he could do a better job of provoking AAP leaders

    > he had , at his command , many more words to run down AAP

    But thank God , Arvind and his team ,

    > readily admitted their shortcomings

    > apologized for their mistakes

    > refused to get drawn into a controversy

    > did not get provoked

    A classic example of an elephant ignoring the barking of dogs !

    In short , they kept their COOL

    DEAR ARVIND ,

    Congrats !

    You did well in your lesson number 3 , viz ;

    KEEP COOL / KEEP POLITE

    * hemen parekh ( 07 Jan 2014 / Mumbai )

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