Politics has heated up over the demolition of illegal construction in Kogilu village of Karnataka. BJP and Congress are face to face. Kogilu village comes under the capital city Bengaluru. Some media reports claim that on December 22, the government started bulldozer action against illegal construction here. About 400 illegal constructions have been removed in the presence of four JCBs and more than 100 policemen. Two days ago, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan criticized the Karnataka government. Since then, Congress is being surrounded from all sides.
Seeing the matter gaining momentum, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal spoke to Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar. KC Venugopal himself gave this information on his X handle. Now BJP has lodged an objection to this statement of KC Venugopal and asked whether he is the Super CM of Karnataka.? Leader of opposition and BJP MLA in Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka said Karnataka deserves respect, autonomy and honest governance, not the high command. ‘Drama‘ Of. The BJP leader further said, ‘Karnataka is not the colony of Rahul Gandhi and his group.‘
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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan had raised his voice against the bulldozer action in Kogilu village. He not only condemned the bulldozer action but also criticized the Congress government of Karnataka. After this, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal spoke to CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar. Casey in a post on Saturday Venugopal said that he spoke to CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy DK Shivakumar. Expressed serious concern of the high command over the incident in Kogilu village.
KC Venugopal informed that such steps should be taken with utmost care, sensitivity and compassion. Human impact should be kept at the center. He assured to meet the affected families, resolve their complaints and ensure relief and rehabilitation.
Is KC Venugopal a super CM??
Karnataka BJP did not like this post of KC Venugopal. The party is calling it interference in the administrative matters of the state. BJP leader R Ashok asked, ‘Who is KC Venugopal who interferes in the administration of Karnataka?? Is he a super CM, or does the Congress high command feel that the elected state governments work on the diktats of Delhi.‘
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‘Congress is making Kerala happy’
He alleged that the Congress high command is doing this to please Kerala, for politics and election show-off. The dignity, self-respect and administrative authority of Karnataka cannot be put at stake to please the party managers sitting in Delhi. The people of the state did not vote for the remote control government.
He further said that Karnataka is governed through the elected CM and Cabinet and not through the AICC General Secretary. Sharing the party’s opinion is a different thing, but putting pressure on the state government and preaching is open interference. This is an insult to federalism.
R Ashok asked ‘Did KC Venugopal show so much promptness when medical and other waste from Kerala was dumped on the Karnataka border, when it posed a threat to Bandipur, forests, public health and wildlife. Has he raised his voice with the same concern and compassion for the environment, farmers or border districts of Karnataka? There silence. Sermon here.‘
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