BJP MLA stages protest against party government in Karnataka
The Hindu
M.P. Kumaraswamy says Mudigere, which is hit by heavy rains every year, is being neglected
Ruling BJP MLA from Mudigere M.P. Kumaraswamy staged a protest in Bengaluru accusing his own party's government in Karnataka of neglecting his constituency that has been ravaged by torrential rains, floods and landslides over the past few years. He staged a protest alone, with a placard, in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue at Vidhana Soudha, the seat of the State legislature and secretariat, in Bengaluru on August 12.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












