Padayatra: BJP-JD(S) leaders declare they will continue protest till Chief Minister Siddaramaiah quits

The padayatra of the Opposition BJP-JD(S) gained political steam as it entered Ramanagara town on its second day on Sunday with leaders unleashing a virulent attack at the Congress government. The parties aim to create awareness on alleged irregularities in Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd. and MUDA and diversion of funds meant for SC/ST welfare,  

The padayatra of the Opposition BJP-JD(S) gained political steam as it entered Ramanagara town on its second day on Sunday with leaders unleashing a virulent attack at the Congress government. The parties aim to create awareness on alleged irregularities in Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd. and MUDA and diversion of funds meant for SC/ST welfare,  

Upping the political ante, the coalition leaders declared that their protest will continue till Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is unseated and the Congress government removed. 

Former Chief Ministers B.S. Yediyurappa and H.D. Kumaraswamy, who addressed a convention, led the attack against the Congress and predicted that the State government would not lost long. 

Mr. Yediyurappa urged BJP-JD(S) workers not to rest till the removal of the Congress government and remarked that nobody could prevent the coalition from coming to power in the next Assembly elections. “If Mr. Siddaramaiah is honest, he should quit before the padayatra reaches Mysuru,” he said. 

Mr. Kumaraswamy said he had consciously joined hands with the BJP to remove the Congress from power and said the end of the Congress government had begun. 

“This padayatra has not been taken up out of jealousy against those in power. It is an attempt to create awareness among people so that they can decide whether this government should continue or not,” he said.