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“Vote for Umesh Meti arsenic if I americium the candidate. The erstwhile MLA H.T. Meti was among my closest friends. If his psyche is to remainder successful peace, past his lad [Umesh Meti] should triumph this bypolls,” Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said successful Bhagawati colony of Bagalkot territory connected Monday.
He was campaigning for the enactment candidate.
The bypolls are being held to capable the spot that has fallen vacant aft the demise of H.Y. Meti.
At run meetings successful assorted villages connected Monday, Mr. Siddaramaiah sought votes for Congress candidate.
He highlighted the quality and estimation of H.Y. Meti arsenic "a people's person who was accessible to each and took everyone on with him.”
"In contrast, BJP campaigner Veeranna Charantimath has the nonstop other character. It is precise hard to conscionable him. He doesn't let immoderate mean antheral to participate his house. Is specified a idiosyncratic who maintains a region from his voters eligible to beryllium an MLA? I privation each of you to bespeak upon it,” helium said.
"H.Y. Meti was a precise elemental and fashionable person. As you person noticed, his lad Umesh Meti shares his father's characteristics. If you ballot for him, you volition get an MLA who is easy approachable. Mr. Meti was not lone a beloved person but helium was besides a fierce loyalist of the Congress," helium said.
"The Congress authorities successful Karnataka is moving hard to instrumentality the docket of all-round improvement . We person kept the promises we made to the people. But the BJP is spreading misinformation astir our government. In fact, we person paid ₹24 000 crore of the ₹30 000 crore arrears that the BJP authorities near behind. In fact, they person gone to the grade of calling tenders and awarding declaration adjacent though determination was nary wealth successful the Exchequer,” the Chief Minister claimed.
He said that contempt being successful powerfulness for respective years astatine the Centre and successful the State, the BJP has not completed the enactment of raising the Almatti dam to 524 m oregon supply due compensation to farmers.
"Throughout their tenure, each the BJP leaders did was to disagreement nine connected communal and caste lines. They lone did sloganeering. They did not bash immoderate improvement work," helium said.
"Work connected the 3rd signifier of Almatti dam was approved by the River Water Tribunal and court, but the BJP authorities has not issued a gazette notification for 13 years now. The BJP, the enactment that Mr. Charantimath belongs to, did not merchandise wealth for immoderate of the irrigation projects of Karnataka, including the Upper Krishna Project. We person met the Prime Minister and the Union Irrigation Minister galore times and appealed to them, but our entreaty has not been fulfilled," helium said
“It is due to the fact that of H.Y. Meti’s efforts that Bagalkot territory is getting a authorities aesculapian college. If you enactment Umesh Meti, it volition fortify my hands successful making the imagination travel true,” helium said.
Ministers R.B. Timmapur, Byrati Suresh, Shivanand Patil, enactment MLAs, leaders and section leaders were present.
