BJP Holds Protest Against State Government in Somwarpet

Somwarpet, Jul. 20: Accusing the Congress-led state government of following anti-people policies, a protest was held in front of the taluk office here by the Bharatiya Janata Party's Yuva Morcha.

The Congress government in power in the state is following an anti-people policy. Corruption is rampant in the underdeveloped state. Accusing farmers, the poor, wage laborers, and the elderly of being harassed in any way, the activists shouted slogans of defiance against the Congress government, the Chief Minister, and local MLAs.

The protesters expressed their anger that the poor have been forced to leave their daily wage jobs and stand at the taluk office and Gram One centers due to the delay in old age pension, widow pension, monthly pension of the disabled in the state and the caste certificate being made mandatory for ration cards.

Speaking on the occasion, Yuva Morcha District President Mahesh Thimmaiah said that the government's Food and Civil Supplies Department has issued an order making it mandatory for ration card beneficiaries to submit caste certificates. He alleged that this order is taking away the right to food of the poor. Old age pension, widow pension and disabled pension have not been reaching the eligible beneficiaries for the past several months across Kodagu district. The elderly and disabled, who rely on this money for their livelihood, are in dire straits. According to the National Food Security Act (NFSA) of the central government, only Aadhaar card linking and biometric authentication are mandatory for ration distribution. Despite this, he said that the state government is working to find out caste in rice distribution.

It is a very difficult task for the poor and illiterate people to get caste certificates from the Tahsildar offices on time. This has led to the fear that lakhs of eligible families will be deprived of food grains. Denying ration to the poor on technical and administrative grounds is against the spirit of the Constitution, and the Congress government is doing the same thing, he expressed dissatisfaction.

Former MLA Appachu Ranjan said that the central government has already expressed strong objection to this rule and has sought a report from the state government. The Congress government's asking for caste for rice distribution is highly condemnable. He demanded that the government should distribute rations to the poor regardless of their caste. The Congress government is working to create a rift between castes. While the central government is uniting everyone and taking the lead in development, the Congress government is following a policy of divide and rule. He complained that the Congress government is trying to cancel BPL cards as much as possible and deprive them of government facilities.

Ranjan said that the Governor should immediately intervene and give appropriate directions to the state government to immediately cancel the unscientific order of the Food Department, ignoring the social security scheme, old age pension, widow pension, disabled monthly allowance, and in the interest of the poor.

This related petition was submitted to the government through Taluk Tahsildar K.K. Krishnamurthy.

The protest was attended by Mandal BJP President Gautam Gowda, District Vice President V.K. Lokesh, Manukumar Rai, Mandal Yuva Morcha President Mohit Thimmaiah, Mahila Morcha President Kavita Virupaksha, party office bearers H.K. Madappa, Srinidhi Lingappa, Mallajira Praveen, M.B. Abhimanyukumar, Savitha Satish, Manjula Subramani, Tangamma, Indira Monappa, Rupa Satish, Ramakrishna, P.K. Chandru, Machanda Prakash, Yashant Kumar, B.A. Darmappa, Somesh, Chandrasekhar Heroor, Kibbetta Madhu, Hullurikoppa Chandru, Prakash Kalkandur and other activists were involved.

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