Activists demand statehood for North Karnataka to become prosperous

Members of assorted organisations successful Vijayapura person demanded the instauration of a North Karnataka authorities saying that successive governments person neglected the portion and the lone mode for it to execute prosperity is by attaining statehood.

This comes a week aft Congress MLA Raju Kage penning a missive to the Union authorities seeking statehood for North Karnataka.

Leader of Uttara Karnataka Horata Samiti Nagesh Golashetti said that the request for statehood does not magnitude to part of the State. A caller State is indispensable for the self-esteem, independency and self-reliance of each sections of radical successful the region, helium said.

"We are not dividing the country. This is not partition. We are lone asserting our rights. The erstwhile Minister Umesh Katti kept demanding statehood for North Karnataka. Even leaders similar Raju Kage are successful enactment of this demand. Earlier, MP Ramesh Jigajinagi wrote a missive to the Governor demanding statehood for North Karnataka. For decades, immense injustice has been done to North Karnataka by the successive governments,” helium said.

“The portion is assets rich. But they are underutilised. Governments person neglected irrigation successful the Krishna Basin but they are focused connected the Cauvery, though the Krishna is 3 times bigger than the Cauvery,” helium said.

After liberalisation, governments focused connected maturation of IT and BT successful Bengaluru, but tier 2 cities, including those successful North Karnataka, person remained neglected, helium said.

“The radical of North Karnataka fought an endless conflict for unification but today, the radical of South Karnataka are pursuing a step-motherly argumentation against us. None of our demands person been fulfilled by immoderate government. We person been demanding promotion of IT and BT and concern by multinational companies successful North Karnataka but successful vain,” helium said.

“Our committee has collected implicit 1 crore signatures from the radical of North Karnataka successful the past decade. We volition proceed to combat for it,” helium said.

Mr. Golashetti was joined by leaders of assorted organisations.