BJP holds protests in twin-cities
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
10 Nov, 2006 0017hrs IST
HUBLI/DHARWAD: Activists of the city unit of BJP burnt an effigy of AICC chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday to lodge their protest against the noninclusion of Hubli-Dharwad under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
Nearly 50 BJP leaders and workers held a rally near Kittur Chennama Circle in Hubli and Alur Venkat Rao Circle in Dharwad and raised slogans against Sonia Gandhi for failing to keep her promise on including the twin cities under the JNNURM scheme.
Earlier, they held a procession, carrying flags and placards, which passed through the main roads. The BJP workers demanded the resignation of Sonia Gandhi in this regard.
In Dharwad, BJP leaders met officials of the district administration and handed over a memorandum to be forwarded to President Abdul Kalam. The memorandum demanded his intervention in the matter.
Addressing protesters, BJP leaders said Hubli-Dharwad lost the chance of being included under the scheme during the tenure of the previous government led by Congress. The Centre had earlier selected the twin cities for the project.
But former CM Dharam Singh spoiled the show by including Mysore, Gulbarga and Hassan.
The leaders said the mega project would have ensured a whopping grant of Rs 500-700 crore for the development of the twin cities over the next five years. Injustice meted out to north Karnataka had to be addressed immediately by including the twin cities under the JNNURM, otherwise the BJP will launch a major agitation, they said.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
10 Nov, 2006 0017hrs IST
HUBLI/DHARWAD: Activists of the city unit of BJP burnt an effigy of AICC chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday to lodge their protest against the noninclusion of Hubli-Dharwad under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
Nearly 50 BJP leaders and workers held a rally near Kittur Chennama Circle in Hubli and Alur Venkat Rao Circle in Dharwad and raised slogans against Sonia Gandhi for failing to keep her promise on including the twin cities under the JNNURM scheme.
Earlier, they held a procession, carrying flags and placards, which passed through the main roads. The BJP workers demanded the resignation of Sonia Gandhi in this regard.
In Dharwad, BJP leaders met officials of the district administration and handed over a memorandum to be forwarded to President Abdul Kalam. The memorandum demanded his intervention in the matter.
Addressing protesters, BJP leaders said Hubli-Dharwad lost the chance of being included under the scheme during the tenure of the previous government led by Congress. The Centre had earlier selected the twin cities for the project.
But former CM Dharam Singh spoiled the show by including Mysore, Gulbarga and Hassan.
The leaders said the mega project would have ensured a whopping grant of Rs 500-700 crore for the development of the twin cities over the next five years. Injustice meted out to north Karnataka had to be addressed immediately by including the twin cities under the JNNURM, otherwise the BJP will launch a major agitation, they said.
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