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Bangalore: Congress Begins Walk to Bellary against Illegal Mining

  •   Sun, Jul 25 2010 02:34:59 PM

Bangalore, Jul 25 (IANS): The Congress, the main opposition party in Karnataka, Sunday began a 320-km 'padyatra' (walk) from Bangalore to Bellary to take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's powerful ministers, the Reddy brothers, over illegal mining.

State Congress leaders and workers plan to walk 20 km a day and reach the iron-ore rich Bellary district Aug 9, coinciding with the 'Quit India' movement against the British colonialists, and hold a rally in the political base of the Reddy brothers.

Several freedom fighters and writers, including Jnanpith award winner U.R. Anantha Murthy, have extended support for the walk and were present at the Freedom Park in the heart of Bangalore for the brief launch ceremony.

Freedom Park was earlier the city's central jail where during the 1975-77 Emergency where several senior opposition leaders including, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) L.K. Advani were lodged.

The BJP plans to counter the Congress 'padayatra' by organising four rallies beginning with Davangere in central Karnataka Aug 2, Gulbarga in the north Aug 5, Mysore in the south Aug 12 and the last one in Bellary Aug 20.

The Reddy brothers - state Tourism Minister G. Janardhana, his elder brother and Revenue Minister G. Karunakara and the younger G. Somashekara, a member of the assembly - are accused of large-scale illegal mining and export of iron ore.

Janardhana Reddy, the most vocal of the brothers, has denied the allegations but Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) are insisting on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the issue.

Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has rejected the demand and has asked the state Lok Ayukta (ombudsman) N. Santosh Hegde, a retired Supreme Court judge, to investigate the illegal mining and export since 2000-2001.

Though the Reddy brothers and their supporting legislators from Bellary have dared opposition members to visit the district, the Congress is saying the walk is not against individuals but to expose illegal mining and the BJP government's failure on several fronts.


 
  

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  • Tom Cat, Mangalore/ Saudi Arabia

    Sun, Jul 25 2010

    Better walk as elections are round the corner.

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  • Sunil, Mangalore/Muscat

    Sun, Jul 25 2010

    Congress who ruled karnataka have eaten too much of resources. even like other parties. now they r walking to bellary to digest what they have eaten.... Heeee

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  • Joy Raj DSouza, Mangalore / Brunei

    Sun, Jul 25 2010

     Just ignore it. We cant stop this dirty politics. They are always like this. Today they say, others are corrupt and tomorrow they themselves will be corrupted. But someone should stop these Andhra originated Reddy's. They are looting Karnataka. End of the day, Reddy's are Reddy's and Gowda's are Gowda's no matter where they live.

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  • Aseef Iqbal, Boliyar/ Bangalore

    Sun, Jul 25 2010

    its nessesery 4 karnataka to ending Sovage Govt.

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