BENGALURU: BJP Central Parliamentary Board member and former chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday said that his party is preparing for elections to local bodies in the state.
Addressing reporters here, Yediyurappa said with the objective of strengthening the party organisation, the state unit president and senior leaders have started holding district-level meetings. “BJP’s aim is to ensure the victory of its candidates by highlighting the Congress government’s misrule in the state,” he added.
On Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s record (breaking Devaraj Urs’) as the longest serving chief minister, Yediyurappa said the governance style of Urs was different and it can’t be compared with that of Siddaramaiah. He alleged that the government headed by Siddaramaiah is corrupt. BJP’s aim is to return to power in the state with an absolute majority in the next assembly elections.
“Our party workers are working hard. BJP will emerge victorious in the local body elections in the coming days,” he said.
Vijayendra condemns Hubballi incident
BJP state president BY Vijayendra demanded that Home Minister G Parameshwara suspend police officers and constables responsible for the incident where a BJP Dalit woman worker was allegedly stripped and assaulted.
He told reporters that the incident is a black mark on Karnataka. He said during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) campaign in Hubballi, local Congress corporator Sunanda allegedly assaulted some BJP workers and later got FIRs registered against them.
Without understanding the background, the police officers allegedly acted at the behest of Congress leaders and arrested the BJP workers. When the Dalit woman worker from the party and her family members were being taken into custody, she was allegedly stripped and assaulted, he said.
"BJP condemns this incident. In Karnataka, police stations have been turned into Congress offices. The police are behaving like Congress agents," he further alleged.