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Congress indulging in back-seat driving of BBMP, charges BJP

Special Correspondent

‘A. Krishnappa attended a high-level meeting of officials
in BBMP’
‘Congress leaders are associating themselves with launch of programmes’

BANGALORE: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday urged Governor Rameshwar Thakur and his council of advisers to prevent the Congress from indulging in “back-seat driving” of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).

BJP Bangalore City unit president B.N. Vijaykumar told presspersons that the Congress leaders, especially the former Congress MLAs, were indirectly controlling the BBMP administration ever since the President’s rule was imposed in the State.

He alleged that the Congress leader and former Varthur MLA, A. Krishnappa, was allowed by the BBMP to attend a high-level meeting of eight joint commissioners presided by BBMP Commissioner S. Subramanya.

At that meeting, Mr. Krishnappa urged the officials to bring to his notice all development works taken up by the BBMP in K.R. Puram and Mahadevapura.

He demanded that the officials should take up only those works suggested by him, the BJP leader alleged.

He alleged that the BBMP Commissioner had directed his officials to follow the instructions of Mr. Krishnappa.

Mr. Vijaykumar alleged that the former Congress MLAs in the city were illegally associating themselves with the programmes organised by the Government to launch thedevelopment works.

He said the BJP would introduce online system of enrolment of members for the party youth wing in Bangalore.

Meanwhile, the central areas of Bangalore city are expected to witness traffic problems on January 21 with the BJP leaders deciding to take out a protest march from Hudson Circle to Raj Bhavan to protest against the alleged failure of the UPA Government at the Centre to check price rise and strengthen national security.

The party uged the BBMP wait for road users’ feedback on the 72-hour underpass being built at the Cauvery junction before going ahead with construction of similar underpasses.

BJP city unit spokesperson S. Prakash on Friday demanded that the BBMP should take up the construction of these quick-fix underpasses only if such an underpass, which is being constructed at Cauvery junction, becomes successful in addressing traffic problems.

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