‘Govts have not taken action against those involved in illegal mining’
The Hindu
Founder-president of National Committee for Protection of Natural Resource (NCPNR) and national president of Citizen for Democracy S.R. Hiremath has accused the consecutive governments in the State an
Founder-president of National Committee for Protection of Natural Resource (NCPNR) and national president of Citizen for Democracy S.R. Hiremath has accused the consecutive governments in the State and at the Centre of not initiating any action against political leaders involved in illegal mining activities across the State. Mr. Hiremath, addressing presspersons in Ballari on Sunday, launched a scathing attack on the ruling BJP-led NDA government and the then UPA-led government and accused the political leaders of subverting democracy and its values. He said that political leaders, including Gali Janardhana Reddy, D.K. Shivakumar, B.S. Anand Singh and V. Somanna, have repeatedly violated Constitutional norms. Mr. Hiremath said that Citizens For Democracy will organise a national executive council meeting in New Delhi on September 18. It will launch a national campaign Azadi Se Swaraj to highlight the failure of the ruling BJP-led government. It will urge the people of the nation to join in a movement to restore ethical values in public life. The activist said that the government has failed on all fronts to protect the interest of the working sector, farmers, labourers, women and youths.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.