BJP MLAs of Udupi led by V. Sunil Kumar and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Kota Srinivas Poojary addressing a press conference in Udupi on Monday, September 16.
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The five BJP MLAs of Udupi district and Kota Srinivas Poojary, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP, alleged on Monday, September 16, that the State government is ignoring the district in development front.
If the government continued the apathy without fulfilling the demands within the next 10 days, the MLAs and the MP would stage a dharna in front of the residence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru, they threatened. If the government does not respond even then, a people’s movement will be launched against the government in the district, they said.
Addressing a joint press conference in Udupi, V. Sunil Kumar, former Minister and Karkala MLA, said that the district administration had put the damages to properties due to the recent natural calamities at ₹240 crore. But the government has not…
