Police should not harass Cong. employees: Siddaramaiah

Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah has stated the Congress will not tolerate harassment of celebration employees by the police. “If the police does not stop registering false cases against the Congress, our workers will picket police stations across the State”, he stated at a public rally in Shivamogga on Saturday.

The rally was organised by the Congress to sentence the police motion in opposition to Bhadravati MLA B.K. Sangameshwara and different Congress employees in reference to a conflict that broke out following a kabaddi tourney on February 28.

During his five-year rule, Mr. Siddaramaiah stated, he by no means used the police to ebook circumstances in opposition to political rivals. “The police get a salary from the government, not from either Yediyurappa or Eshwarappa. If all Congress workers hit the streets, no police can control them”, he stated and likewise warned the police saying, “We will come back to power in two years. Be careful”.

Congress chief D.K.Shivakumar, addressing the rally, stated the occasion was organsed to instil confidence amongst celebration employees throughout the State. “Wherever a Congress worker is harassed, we will go there and protest”, he stated. Criticising the State authorities, he stated “the end of the BJP rule” had begun with this rally and it was historic because it had begun in Shivamogga.

Former Minister Kagodu Thimmappa opined the rally was well timed and a significant occasion. “Shivamogga is a land of struggles. The Congress has chosen this place to start the agitations against the BJP. Such struggles are required to dislodge the BJP government. The huge response to the event received is an indication that people are against the BJP rule”, he stated.

Mr. Sangameshwara, addressing the rally, stated false circumstances had been filed in opposition to him and his members of the family. His son was nonetheless in judicial custody. “The BJP is trying to divide people for political reasons. None of their tactics will work in Bhadravati”, he stated. The MLA additionally criticised the BJP for ignoring the MPM and VISL industries in Bhadravati.

Protest march

Earlier within the day, Congress employees took out a protest march from the bus stand to Science Field.

Hundreds of celebration employees from totally different components of the district took half within the march known as ‘Janakrosha Pratibhatane’ that began close to the bus stand.

Along the route, the employees raised slogans criticising BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa. When a team of workers raised slogans praising D.K.Shivakumar, the KPCC president intervened and appealed to them not to take names of people of the celebration.