NDA ally JD(U) protests against Karnataka land scams

The Janata Dal (United), an ally of NDA Wednesday staged a demonstration here against ruling BJP govt`s alleged involvement in land scams in Karnataka and also against the Centre`s decision of price rise.

Bangalore: The Janata Dal (United), an ally of NDA Wednesday staged a demonstration here against ruling BJP government`s alleged involvement in land scams in Karnataka
and also against the Centre`s decision of price rise.

Launching the agitation in front of a Mahatma Gandhi statue here, JD(U) state unit President Dr M P Nadagouda hit out at the government for its "involvement" in a series of land scams, which he said, "has brought to the fore corruption that has seeped into every sphere in the state".

Terming the judicial probe ordered by the government into the land scams as the "biggest farce" and an "eyewash", he said such probes even in the past have never yielded any
results.

Taking a swipe at BJP for demanding resignations of ministers for their alleged involvement in various scams, including CWG and the 2G Spectrum and "now removal of CVC," Nadagouda sought to know how the party could ask for it "when their own government in the state has earned the tag of the most corrupt government".
He also slammed the BJP government for its "anti farmer" policies which he alleged had led to debt-ridden farmers selling their farming equipment.

Flaying the UPA government for "keeping its eyes closed over widespread corruption in its own government", he alleged that its anti-people policies, including rise in prices of
essential commodities had hit the common man the hardest.
The BJP has kept Karnataka out of its nationwide protest against the UPA government being staged today in the wake of the party government facing a spate of corruption charges.

PTI

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