Lokayukta to have free hand; Illegal slaughtering to be stopped
Bharatiya Janata Party chief ministerial candidate, Sri. B. S. Yeddyurappa has
vowed to rebuild Brand Bengulru Image through holistic planning and corruption free transparent
administration.
As part of BJP’s “New Bengaluru for New India” initiative here today Sri Yeddyurappa interacted with
people from different walks of life, and elicited their opinions on diverse topics like how to save lakes and
improve living condition in Bengaluru.
He said there was no dearth of fund but clean hands. Due to lack of commitment, vision and planning
and increased corruption, the present Congress regime had taken the IT city of Bengaluru backward. Once
the Bengaluru city was known as Garden City but now it had become a Garbage City.
He said the City of Bengaluru needed more attention as it contribute around 60 percent of State
revenue. Lack of infrastructures, traffic congestion, shrinking and polluting lakes, increasing population and
crimes etc had put pressure on city. It needed a holistic planning and political commitment to
development. More and more satellite towns should be developed to decongest Bengaluru. The new
government would do everything to create a congenial atmosphere for the growth of IT industry. Metro
projects would be speeded up with cooperation of Union Government.
Referring to poor law & order situation in Bengaluru he said the criminal elements had emboldened
under Congress regime. If the party was voted to power his government would restore the law and order
situation by posting upright officials in key positions.
On the increasing corruption cases Sri Yeddyurappa said the Congress government weakened the
Lokayukta and set up Anti-Corruption Bureau under the control of Chief Minister. It was done to hush up
their corruption cases he said and added within two months of assuming power the BJP regime would
restore the power of Lokayukta and would be given free hand.
The Chief Minister Sri. Siddaramaiah should explain – who gave a 70-lakh rupees wrist-watch to him
and why they gave him. However influential one might be but no one would be spared. All the cases of
corruptions would be taken to logical end, he asserted.
He said all the illegal slaughter houses would be closed. Farmers would be dissuaded from selling their
livestock by giving them financial incentives.
Entrepreneurs Sri. Suhas and Smt. Nina Das; noted writer, Sri. Sandeep Balakrishna; legal luminary,
Smt. Jyothi Bhat; bloggers, Sreeharsha Perla and Sri Raviraj and columnist, Sri. Chiru Bhat raised diverse
topics. State BJP spokesperson Smt. Malavika Avinash anchored.
