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Taking beardown objection to the ruling BJP getting a solution passed successful the monthly assembly gathering of Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) seeking the instauration of a Greater HDMC, members of assorted organisations and different stakeholders person resolved to motorboat a bid of protests opposing the determination and demanding support for an earlier solution connected HDMC bifurcation.
A determination successful this respect was taken astatine a gathering coordinated by Dharwad Swabhimani Horatagarara Samiti astatine the Karnatak Vidyavardhakh Sangha successful Dharwad on Wednesday.
The participating members resolved to intensify their combat demanding the instauration of an exclusive municipal corp for Dharwad. The mode up was besides discussed astatine the meeting.
Some of the speakers astatine the gathering said that BJP leaders are misleading the radical of Dharwad by claiming that instauration of a Greater HDMC volition pb to further backing moving into thousands of crores of rupees.
They contended that adjacent an exclusive corp volition get funds akin to different corporations successful the State and it volition beryllium meant specifically for Dharwad.
A fewer speakers besides demanded resignation of councillors who person failed to combat for the origin of a caller corp for Dharwad. Those who betrayed the radical of Dharwad should besides beryllium taught a lesson, they said.
Various modes, including calling for a Dharwad bandh and staging protests successful beforehand of residences of leaders opposing a corp for Dharwad, were discussed during the meeting.
HDMC councillors belonging to Congress Raju Kamati, Shambhu Salimath and Kavita Kabber said that astatine a clip erstwhile their combat for a corp nether the guidance of the erstwhile MLA Vinay Kulkarni was astir to succeed, the BJP made a U-turn.
They expressed solidarity with activists and said that they volition abide by the meeting’s decision.
Several salient personalities, including the erstwhile Chairman of Legislative Council Chairman Veeranna Mattikatti, Janata Dal(S) person Gururaj Hunasimarad, Mahadev Horatti, writer Veeranna Rajur, president of the Dharwad Separate Corporation Development Forum Venkatesh Machakanur, Manoj Patil, Shankar Halagatti, Danappa Kabber, Mohan More, Shivashankar Hampannavar, R.D. Kulkarni, Eshwar Shivalli, Congress person Nagaraj Gouri and others attended the gathering and extended their enactment to the cause.
Senior writer Balanna Sheegihalli said that portion leaders successful South Karnataka worked beyond enactment lines for the improvement of their respective regions, politicians successful North Karnataka are indulging successful soiled authorities for credit.
Demonstration
After the meeting, the participants marched to the bureau of the Deputy Commissioner and raised slogans against Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, MLA Arvind Bellad and said that they are creating hurdles to the instauration of a municipal corp for Dharwad.
Addressing the protestors, president of the Dharwad High Court Advocates Association B.D. Hiremath sought to cognize wherefore the MLAs who earlier supported the bifurcation of HDMC are present seeking Greater HDMC.
Pointing retired that according to a caller Supreme Court verdict, a Bill forwarded to the Governor for assent cannot beryllium withheld indefinitely, Mr. Hiremath said that they person decided to record a nationalist involvement litigation petition against the Governor for delaying giving approval.
Earlier, during the meeting, 4 resolutions were unanimously approved. The gathering resolved to impulse the Governor to assistance clip wrong 3 days for a gathering with the delegation.
It besides resolved to impulse the Governor to instantly springiness assent to the bifurcation of HDMC and the instauration of Dharwad municipal corporation.
The gathering resolved that if the support is not granted, past a Lok Bhavan Chalo volition beryllium launched and a dharna volition beryllium staged successful beforehand of the Governor’s office.
In the lack of immoderate affirmative effect from the State government, telephone for a Dharwad bandh volition beryllium fixed arsenic a past resort.
Betrayal
Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition successful HDMC Council Imran Yeligar has accused the BJP of betraying the residents of Dharwad and lambasted the enactment for making a U-turn connected the issue.
He told presspersons that the solution was passed successful a hurriedly mode without allowing immoderate discussion, which should beryllium powerfully condemned.
