Kogilu demolition: Move to rehabilitate Kerala immigrants nothing but minority appeasement, says B.Y. Vijayendra

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BJP State president   B.Y. Vijayendra astatine  a property   league  successful  Belagavi connected  Tuesday.

BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra astatine a property league successful Belagavi connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: P.K. BADIGER

B.Y. Vijayendra, BJP State president, took a excavation astatine the State authorities implicit its determination to rehabilitate those who mislaid their houses to the administration’s demolition thrust successful Kogilu Layout successful Bengaluru. “The State government’s determination to allot houses successful Bengaluru to amerciable immigrants from Kerala is based connected the argumentation of number appeasement. BJP volition organise intensive protests against it crossed the State,” Mr. Vijayendra said successful Belagavi connected Tuesday

“The authorities authorities had taken the close determination to evict amerciable settlers from Kerala successful Kogilu successful Bengaluru. Officials demolished their amerciable houses. But the authorities made a ‘U-turn’ aft facing disapproval from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the Congress precocious command. Now the amerciable immigrants person been promised houses successful Bengaluru. This is thing but an enactment of number appeasement,” Mr. Vijayendra told reporters. The State BJP main was successful the territory to enactment successful immoderate functions of the Lingayat Math.

Mr. Vijayendra condemned the enactment and said, “We condemn this act. The houses built by the authorities with taxpayers’ wealth are meant for mediocre Kannadigas, not Malayalees. The authorities should prioritise distributing houses to the radical of Karnataka. If immoderate houses are left, then, the settlers tin beryllium considered,” helium said.

He criticised the State authorities for the alleged hold successful paying the compensation to farmers who suffered harvest loss. “We wonderment if the Karnataka CM has immoderate functional autonomy. He seems to beryllium listening to the enactment precocious bid lone to prevention his shaky chair. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who is competing for the station of CM, is trying to impressment the precocious command. They person nary respect for the interests of the radical of the State. They are conscionable pursuing orders of their leaders, similar Rahul Gandhi and K.C. Venugopal. The State authorities is delaying paying compensation to farmers who suffered harvest loss. But it is acting swiftly to administer houses to minorities from Kerala. This is not acceptable. If Housing Minister B.Z. Zameer Ahmed wants to allot houses to the Kerala immigrants, fto him physique houses connected his backstage property,” helium said.

He said the Congress government’s argumentation of appeasement had continued unabated contempt embarrassing situations similar immoderate radical shouting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans successful the Vidhana Soudha, and mounting occurrence to a Dalit MLA’s residence successful Bengaluru.

Mr. Vijayendra claimed that the State Cabinet was trying to present changes to the instrumentality to assistance presumption bails to those accused of amerciable cattle transport, but dropped the thought aft immoderate Ministers opposed it. He said the BJP’s protests against the authorities had succeeded successful astir cases. “If not for our protests, a Minister would not beryllium jailed for the ST improvement corp scam, and the CM would not person returned sites helium obtained illegally from MUDA,” Mr. Vijayendra said.

He said that the BJP would protestation the hold successful outgo of monthly incentives to women nether the Gruha Laxmi scheme. “The magnitude owed to women successful February and March this twelvemonth was astir ₹5,000 crore. Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar gave incorrect accusation to the House during the Winter Session. This shows that she has nary thought what is going connected successful her department. It is besides imaginable that she is progressive successful fiscal irregularities, similar the diversion of those funds. She should clarify. CM Siddaramaiah, who holds the Finance portfolio should besides clarify,” helium said.

“The 3rd contented that the Opposition would rise is the cause menace. It is unfortunate that the Maharashtra constabulary conducted a raid successful the CM’s constituency and unearthed a drug-manufacturing network. Drugs are sold, trafficked, and consumed successful each villages and towns of the State. The State authorities has failed to incorporate the menace. It is trying to crook the State into Udta Karnataka, connected the lines of Udta Punjab. We volition not beryllium quietly. We volition organise protests. A last determination connected the format of the protestation volition beryllium taken successful the halfway committee gathering successful Bengaluru connected January 5,” Mr. Vijayendra said.

BJP would determine connected its candidates for the Zilla panchayat and taluk panchayat polls aft district-wise meetings successful Bengaluru from January 5, helium said.

MLAs Abhay Patil and Nikhil Katti, enactment district-level leaders and others were present.

Published - December 30, 2025 06:38 p.m. IST

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