Mangalore: 'Governor's Statement, a Warning Bell for BJP Government', says Janardhan Poojary
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Sep 8: "Governor H R Bharadhwaj's statement that the law and order situation in the state has vitiated, delivering a blow to harmonious co-existence of people belonging to different religions, and his intention to visit different districts to take stock of the law and order situation there, has sounded a warning bell to the state government headed by the BJP. This also indicates the inertia of the state government in managing the state affairs," commented former union minister B Janardhan Poojary.
Addressing a press conference in the city on Monday September 7, Poojary took umbrage to the comments passed by the home minister and other cabinet ministers, terming the Governor's statement as politically motivated. "The Governor has done his duty. As he has been receiving innumerable complaints about the fact that the minorities are forced to live under constant threat, the Governor has issued this statement, which he is legally entitled and bound to," he added.
Poojary blamed the Sangh Parivar outfits for disrupting communal harmony in the city, by using beef and pork. He accused the state government of being a mute spectator, without doing anything, even when incidents in the city turned to the extent of even taking away lives of human beings. "The state government has completely failed in its administrative duties," he declared.
He advised the government to stop criticizing the Governor and behaving aggressively with the opposition, if it wants to complete its full term of five years. He asked the government to bring under the control the law and order situation in the state on top priority, and take steps to protect the interests of the minorities and earn their confidence. He also felt that the foreign trip undertaken by Chief Minister Yeddyurappa and his colleagues is just a jolly trip, nothing else. He criticized the ministers for choosing to visit foreign countries at a time when the state is reeling under drought, recalling that he had opposed foreign jaunts by the Congress ministers and mayors in the past, when the threat of drought was looming large on the state.
Former MLA Vijay Kumar Shetty and Congress Party leader M G Hegde were present at the press conference.