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Firing: Congress dharna on Monday

Special Correspondent

Bangalore: Taking a serious view of the death of a farmer in police firing in Haveri, the Congress has decided to launch dharnas on Monday in front of the offices of deputy commissioners in all district headquarters to protest against the Government’s alleged anti-farmer attitude.

Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly M. Mallikarjun Kharge said on Thursday said that the Government had created a fear psychosis in the minds of the people that any agitation would be met with bullets. It was this attitude, he said, that the Congress was trying to expose.

Reiterating the demand for a judicial inquiry into the firing, he said it was a shame that the Government had handled the issue so badly.

Mr. Kharge, who gave a cheque for Rs. 2 lakh to the family of Siddalingappa Choori in Haveri and visited the injured in the hospitals, criticised Mr. Yeddyurappa for misleading people by saying that anti-social elements were responsible for the disturbances.

He accused the Government of trying to blame others and shirking its responsibility.

The Congress leader said he was taken aback by the manner in which the Chief Minister was trying to give a political colour to the agitation of farmers.

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