Daijiworld Media Network – Puttur (SP)
Puttur, Jan 19: BJP member of parliament representing Dakshina Kannada constituency, Nalin Kumar Kateel, has warned Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) that he would openly fight against its audacity.
Speaking to reporters in Puttur on Monday January 18, he expressed his anger, alleging that MRPL had insulted and derided the status of the state Chief Minister, MP and local people’s representatives. “On Monday, a foundation laying ceremony was organized by MRPL for its third phase expansion project. Even for courtesy sake, MP of the constituency, MLAs of the district or the people's representative of the place in which MRPL functions, were neither told nor invited by the MRPL officials. This is a gross insult of the people’s representatives,” he fumed.
Nalin challenged MRPL, to continue with its expansion project by showing utter disregard to the peoples’ representatives. “I will continue to oppose Mangalore Special Economic Zone. I will ensure that it will not be implemented. I will join the Pejawar Swamiji in his hunger strike against the acquisition of land for MSEZ,” he declared.