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Prevent Metro from harming farmers, Gowda tells Krishna

By Our Special Correspondent

Bangalore Nov. 17. The former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, has called upon the Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, to immediately intervene and ensure that the Metro group, which recently commenced operations in Bangalore, does not trade in farm produce and is not granted permission for retail sales.

Mr. Deve Gowda told presspersons here today that Metro had started its operations in contravention of the approval granted to it by the Union Commerce Ministry.

The former Prime Minister produced what he said was evidence to show that the Karnataka Government had granted the necessary licence to Metro one day prior to the receipt of an application from the multinational company. While the application seeking licence was received by the Government on October 7 last, the licence was granted on October 6.

Mr. Gowda urged the Chief Minister to refrain from promulgating an Ordinance to enable Metro to deal with farm produce.

`Allow CBI probe'

Referring to the stamp paper racket and the demand for an investigation by the CBI, Mr. Gowda said Karnataka should fall in line with Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. The Congress President, Sonia Gandhi, had stated that there should be a full-fledged investigation by the CBI.

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