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Assistance: The former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda giving money to the mother of injured farmer Puttappa Honnatti at Nelogal near Haveri on Wednesday.

HAVERI/HUBLI: The former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda on Wednesday donated Rs. 3 lakh to the family members of Puttappa Honnatti, the injured farmer who is battling for life at the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Bangalore.

The former Prime Minister, accompanied by the former ministers Basavaraj Horatti and P.C. Siddanagoudar, Janata Dal (Secular) leaders N.H. Konaraddi and A.B. Desai, visited the house of Puttappa at Nelogal near Haveri and handed over the money on behalf of the party.

Mr. Gowda said Rs. 50,000 each would be deposited in the name of Puttappa’s son and two daughters, his wife and mother and the remaining Rs. 50,000 was meant for retrieving the ornaments, which Puttappa’s wife, Karabasamma, had pawned to get money to meet ends meet. Separate bank accounts were opened and the money was deposited.

Mr. Gowda also visited the house of farmer Siddalingappa Choori, who was killed in the police firing in Haveri, and consoled the family members. The former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy had announced that the party would deposit Rs. 2.5 lakh in the names of Siddalingappa’s son and daughter.

Speaking to presspersons, Mr. Gowda said that the Chief Minister should transfer the officials posted in the district, if the judicial inquiry into the police firing were to be conducted impartially.

Mr. Gowda criticised Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s statement that he would resort to agitation if the Centre failed to supply adequate quantity of fertilizers.Addressing presspersons at Hubli Airport before leaving for Bangalore, Mr. Gowda said that both the Centre and the State had a role to play in ensuring adequate supply of fertilizers. He said the administrative machinery had failed in making available the required quantity of fertilizers and seeds to farmers.

Mr. Gowda took exception to Mr. Yeddyurappa’s allegation that there was political conspiracy behind the protests over fertilizers.

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