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CPI terms judicial probe into Haveri firing an ‘eyewash’

MYSORE: Describing the move of the Government in ordering a judicial probe into the Haveri police firing incident as an “eyewash”, State secretary of Communist Party of India Siddanagowda Patil said that it was an attempt to take the wind out of sails of the Opposition parties, which had planned to launch a State-wide agitation from Monday.

Speaking to presspersons here on Monday, Mr. Patil said that the Congress had planned to stage a State-wide agitation by picketing the Deputy Commissioner’s office, while the Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda had announced his party would carry on the protest till a judicial probe was ordered.

However, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa got a four-month breathing time by ordering the judicial probe, he added. Holding Mr. Yeddyurappa responsible for the Haveri incident, Mr. Patil accused him for irresponsible behaviour in the fertilizer issue.

“Mr. Yeddyurappa, who took oath in the name of farmers, overlooked their problems on assuming power. Instead of taking steps to ensure supply of sufficient quantity of fertilizer, he engaged in appeasing leaders of various political parties and heads of Maths. Had he taken up the issue during his visit to Delhi, the incident could have been averted,” Mr. Patil said.

Instead of realising his responsibility, Mr. Yeddyurappa was passing the buck by terming the development as a “political conspiracy”, he said.

“Till date, the Home Minister is not aware of who ordered the firing and what the provocation was for the police to fire on innocent farmers,” he said.

Mr. Patil cautioned the Government that failure to ensure sufficient quantity of seeds to the farmers would also create a similar situation. Government was supplying only 20 per cent of the total demand of seeds and farmers would have to get the rest from private companies. A few private companies had supplied low-quality seeds to the farmers in the last season and the crop had failed, he said.

He added that the previous government had not taken any action against companies which supplied spurious seeds despite agitation from farmers.

Complicity of elected representatives with private companies was the reason for that.

Government should now take steps to supply required quantity of “qualitative seeds” to farmers”, he said.

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