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New regional party to be formed in State

DAVANGERE: The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (Nanjundaswamy faction) has planned to float a new regional party comprising 25 different organisations, either working for the cause of farmers or fighting for the cause of Kannadigas and the State. In this connection, it has convened a meeting of the organisations at Bangalore on December 9 to finalise issues.

Speaking to presspersons here on Wednesday, Kodihalli Chandrashekar, president of the Sangha and J.M. Veerasangaiah, its vice-president, said that many preliminary rounds of meetings at different levels had already been held, and that a final meeting had been scheduled for December 9 to help finalise issues regarding party formation. The proposed regional party would not have any political party in its fold, they said, but added that the Dalit Sangarsha Samiti, the Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) were among its constituents.

The Raitha Sangha said it had invited a number of people including Prof. Chandrashekar Patil and T.N. Narayana Gowda, to help fight for the cause of Kannada, to which they had agreed.

In reply to a question, the leaders said that the Bahujan Samaj Party had not been invited to the meeting and added that many organisations working for the welfare of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe people would be asked to participate. “The regional party is committed to protect the “Nela, Jala and Kannada Bashe,” and would fight for its rightful share of Cauvery water and border disputes involving the State.

Mr. Chandrashekar said the party would be just like any other regional party wherein they would not only rule the State, but also wield power at the Centre thereby getting various major projects sanctioned.

On being asked as to whether Samajwadi Party leader and former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa had said that his party would tie-up with the Sangha, Mr. Chandrashekar said the Sangha had its own political agenda.

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