Mangalore, August 2: The current age is the age of regional political parties rising to power and BSR Congress' will prove it by sweeping the upcoming Assembly elections, Sriramulu, the political heavyweight from Bellary and supremo of BSR Congress said.
He was speaking at a convention in Mangalore on Thursday as part of his 'Swabhimani Sankalpa Yatre' in the coastal belt.
Although a few regional parties have in the past have died down in Karnataka, BSR Congress will not meet the same fate, Sriramulu said. “Today it is the regional parties who have been making it big in various parts of the country. The youth have become more aware. Today UP has a young Chief Minister hailing from a regional political party. Mamata Banerjee is another Chief Minister from a regional party. In Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir too, regional parties have come to power. In the next Assembly elections, Karnataka too will witness a young Chief Minister from a regional political party come to power”, he said.
Mr. Sriramulu who had held a ministerial position in the BJP led state government in B S Yeddyurappa cabinet, lambasted the BJP of not fulfilling its promises. “The BJP government has not executed any of its projects. It speaks about progress but the only progress that the BJP has managed to achieve is appointment of three Chief Ministers. The BJP's achievement is zero. It is only busy in caste politics and the state is being ruled like the British with a divide and rule policy. People say we (Reddys) helped them to come to power but the truth is that they came to power because of people's mandate. But they have not fulfilled their promises and the BJP's time is over in Karnataka. They have no future in the state”, Mr. Sriramulu said.
The BSR Congress chief also took a dig at the Congress party. “If the Congress led UPA government was free from corruption, it would have passed the Lokpal Bill. The Congress is marred by corruption”, he said.
Promises galore
Giving a slew of assurances to address people's woes Mr. Sriramulu said that if his party comes to power, he will arrange for employment to the displaced families of Mangalore Special Economic Zone.
Students who qualify for Pre University Colleges would be given laptops by his government, he said, besides provision of scooters for physically handicapped, free treatment for the poor in super specialty hospitals, employment for unemployed graduates, price security of crops for farmers irrespective of market trends, addressing of the problems of fishermen, beedi workers, areca growers and so on.
Speaking on the occasion Rakshita, actress and member of BSR Congress, condemned the attack on young girls by Hindutva activists at a homestay in the city.
Girish Rai, regional chief of BSR Congress also spoke. Other party core committee members Venkatesh Gowda, Praveen Peter, Khalid, Siraj Shaikh were present among others.
New inductions to the party were also made on the occasion.
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