BJP state leaders at the party’s special meeting of senior office-bearers in Bengaluru. Photo: BJP Karnataka media group
Bengaluru: The BJP has decided to take the upcoming Zilla Panchayat and Taluk Panchayat elections in Karnataka very seriously, state president B.Y. Vijayendra said on Saturday after a meeting of senior party leaders at the Ramada Resort in the city.
The meeting, led by Vijayendra, was attended by national general secretary and state in-charge Harish Dwivedi, co-in-charge Kasam Venkateshwarlu, former chief minister and Central Parliamentary Board member B.S. Yediyurappa, Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, among other leaders.
Vijayendra said the party would treat the polls as an election of its workers and take organisational steps to win them. All leaders will tour districts and taluks, he said.
According to the BJP statement, the meeting discussed what the party described as hardship to ordinary people from price rises, including in milk, stamp paper, bus fares, liquor and petrol and diesel duty. The party alleged that the government has become administratively inactive, that corruption has crossed all limits and that development work has come to a standstill.
The statement said the meeting also discussed farmers’ distress due to drought. The party alleged that the government treats farmers like beggars, has not paid drought relief properly and has failed in managing the drought, and that widow pensions and senior citizens’ pensions have been pending for several months. The statement carries no response from the government.
Vijayendra said these issues would be compiled and placed before the people, and expressed confidence that the party would win all the coming elections. The meeting also discussed organising agitations in all taluks to raise public awareness on price rise and the law and order situation, the statement said.
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