<p>Two other mine owners - Anil Lad and Abdul Wahab - were present on the dais when Santosh Lad demanded Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to withdraw ban on transport and export of ore from the State ports. He said: “We are into mining over the past 50 years. <br />We, including Ghorpade, are into mining legally. Why should the Government stall the legal mining?” <br /><br />He also cautioned the ruling BJP that the mine owners, who have been carrying out the mining operations legally, can even topple the State government. <br /><br />Rajya Sabha member Anil Lad challenged the Reddys to make all eight BJP MLAs from Bellary to resign so that by-election would be declared in the district. “I will ask Sandur MLA Tukaram (Congress) also to resign. We will show our strength,” he said.</p>
<p>Two other mine owners - Anil Lad and Abdul Wahab - were present on the dais when Santosh Lad demanded Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to withdraw ban on transport and export of ore from the State ports. He said: “We are into mining over the past 50 years. <br />We, including Ghorpade, are into mining legally. Why should the Government stall the legal mining?” <br /><br />He also cautioned the ruling BJP that the mine owners, who have been carrying out the mining operations legally, can even topple the State government. <br /><br />Rajya Sabha member Anil Lad challenged the Reddys to make all eight BJP MLAs from Bellary to resign so that by-election would be declared in the district. “I will ask Sandur MLA Tukaram (Congress) also to resign. We will show our strength,” he said.</p>