Karnataka Assembly polls | Vijayendra faces protest during his campaign in Shikaripur
The Hindu
BJP candidate B.Y. Vijayendra, son of former CM Yediyurappa, faced protests by residents of Banjara hamlet at Taralaghatta in Shikaripur taluk
Shikaripur BJP candidate B.Y. Vijayendra, son of former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, faced protests by residents of Banjara hamlet at Taralaghatta in Shikaripur taluk on Sunday.
As the candidate entered the village along with his supporters, men, women and youth of the village, raised slogans against Mr. Vijayendra, B.S. Yediyurappa, alleging that the BJP government did injustice to the Banjara community by implementing the internal reservation among the Scheduled Castes. They shouted “Tanda bachao, BJP hatao”, as Mr. Vijayendra went along the streets. Mr. Vijayendra and his followers left the village.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.