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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar connected Saturday (December 27, 2025) deed backmost astatine Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for criticising the demolition thrust successful Kogilu Layout, terming the remarks arsenic “unnecessary interference” made without knowing the facts. He described the remark arsenic a “gimmick successful presumption of upcoming Kerala elections”.
Responding to Mr. Vijayan’s connection that the demolition of houses successful Faqir Colony and parts of Waseem Layout reflected the normalisation of “bulldozer raj”, Mr. Shivakumar said the onshore cleared by authorities agencies was an encroached coagulated discarded dumping tract and posed wellness hazards to residents successful the area.
Mr. Vijayan’s connection followed the Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) on with the constabulary demolishing implicit 150 houses successful Kogilu Layout, Yelahanka, connected December 20, leaving astir 500 radical homeless. Since then, the affected families person been surviving adjacent the demolished tract without immoderate accommodation.
“It is unfortunate that elder leaders similar Pinarayi Vijayan person commented connected this without knowing the facts. The onshore was a coagulated discarded pit, and determination are galore wellness related problems there. We besides person humanity, and we gave the occupants an accidental to determination to different places,” Mr. Shivakumar said portion speaking to reporters astatine his Sadashivanagar residence.
Opposing the allegation of “bulldozer culture”, Mr. Shivkumar said the Karnataka authorities was lone protecting authorities onshore successful the bosom of the city. “We don’t person a bulldozer culture. I entreaty to him not to speech similar that. The onshore mafia often creates slums to aboriginal encroach upon land, and we volition not let that,” helium said.
The Deputy Chief Minister asserted that the contented has thing to bash with minorities. He reiterated that the genuine beneficiaries would beryllium provided lodging elsewhere. “If determination are eligible people, we are acceptable to supply houses nether the Rajiv Gandhi lodging scheme. Our authorities has built lakhs of houses for the poor,” helium added.
“Whoever lives successful Karnataka with valid documents volition beryllium provided indispensable support. We person instructed officials to springiness retired wide instructions regarding this,” Mr. Shivakumar said.
