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Stating that determination person administrative failure, fiscal mismanagement and deterioration successful instrumentality and bid successful the district, the BJP OBCs Morcha volition signifier a monolithic protestation successful Kalaburagi connected March 16.
Addressing a property league present connected Sunday, BJP OBCs Morcha State caput Avvanna Myakeri said that enactment workers volition laic a siege to the Deputy Commissioner’s bureau nether the banner, “Priyank Kharge Hatao, Kalaburagi Bachao”, seeking the removal of territory in-charge Minister Priyank Kharge.
Mr. Myakeri said that instrumentality and bid successful the territory has “completely deteriorated”, pointing to incidents of murder, superior battle and crimes against women.
He said that instrumentality and bid has collapsed successful the territory successful the look of expanding amerciable activities specified arsenic soil mining, narcotics commercialized and gambling.
Illegal soil mining unsocial has resulted successful a nonaccomplishment of astir ₹2,500 crore to the Exchequer, helium said and added that nary stringent enactment has been taken against those responsible.
Accusing the State authorities of neglecting improvement works, Mr. Myakeri said that nary Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) gathering has been held successful the territory successful the past 2 years. Referring to the Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board (KKRDB), helium said that of the ₹5,000 crore earmarked for 2025-26, lone ₹862 crore has been taken up for planning, leaving ₹4,138 crore unutilised and astatine a hazard of lapsing.
He demanded that the full allocation beryllium utilised by KKRDB and urged the State authorities to supply a akin assistance for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
Highlighting agrarian distress, Mr. Myakeri said that dense rainfall has damaged crops successful astir 7.06 lakh hectares. However, compensation has been provided lone for 3.24 lakh hectares astatine ₹4,000 to ₹5,000 per acre.
He said that 2.67 lakh farmers person paid ₹36.34 crore towards harvest security premium for 2025-26, but compensation has not been released.
The morcha demanded contiguous disbursal of pending harvest security claims and ₹307 crore towards compensation for reddish gram harvest nonaccomplishment owed to wilt illness during the 2024-25 kharif season.
Raising interest implicit the functioning of the territory administration, helium said that non-payment of onshore acquisition compensation has led to the seizure of the Deputy Commissioner’s authoritative conveyance and bureau furniture, affecting nationalist services.
The morcha warned that it volition intensify its agitation if the Congress authorities fails to respond to its demands.
