Preparations for the Congress' mega Janandolana in Mysuru, to be held on August 9, 2024.
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Mysuru: The Congress is all set to host a mega 'Janandolana' at the Maharaja's College Ground in Mysuru, on Friday, at 11 am.
A huge dais, with the slogan 'Sathyameva Jayathe' (truth prevails), has been erected and the grand old party's leaders have listed the achievements of the Congress-led state government.
Further, they are all set to expose the alleged 'scams' under the BJP-led government between 2008 and 2013 and 2019 and 2023, and under the earlier JD(S)-led governments.
KPCC research department teams have prepared a huge lists of alleged scams and irregularities, which run into several pages, involving bitcoin, PSI and other recruitments, the Parashurama theme park, Gangakalyana (Ambedkar, Bhovi and Aadi Jambhava corporations), Guru Raghavendra Cooperative Bank, the Devraj Urs Truck Terminal, and mining and denotification issues.
In addition, they are set to highlight allegations of the '40 per cent commission', corruption during Covid-19 pandemic, and more. They have listed cases lodged against various MLAs, ex-MLAs and ex-ministers of both the BJP and JD(S). They have also listed cases of corruption, missing persons, sexual abuse, child marriage, drug abuse and others registered during earlier regimes. An LED screen has also been erected to showcase all this information.
Over two lakh people—from the old Mysuru region, including Mysuru, Kodagu, Chamarajnagar and Mandya districts—are expected to be in attendance.
Besides Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Dy CM D K Shivakumar, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs H K Patil, and all ministers, MLAs, MLCs, chairpersons and members of boards and corporations are expected to take part in the convention.
Party leaders and workers, led by Mysuru district in-charge Minister H C Mahadevappa, district Congress president B J Vijaykumar and R Murthy, have made elaborate arrangements for the convention.
"The BJP-JD(S) alliance ... are greedy for power. They are making baseless allegations, instead of getting justice from the Union government for Karnataka, by getting drought relief funds, fund for Upper Bhadra Project, approval of Mekedaatu and other projects. Hence, the mega convention is hosted, to highlight certain important facts before the public," Mahadevappa said.
Mysuru police have restricted vehicular movement around the Maharaja's College Ground and have diverted traffic to alternative roads.