<p>Addressing party workers at a felicitation programme at the Town Hall here on Monday, Eshwarappa said that the party will bag more than 150 seats in the next assembly election and form a government with absolute majority. “Party workers should work for the party adhering to its principles. It is party more prominent than leaders,” he said. Ensuring social justice to all and upliftment of Dalits and backward class are the major objectives of the party, he added. <br /><br />“Those in the opposition brand BJP as an anti-minority and anti-Dalit party. They called BJP a Brahmin party, later they termed it a Lingayat party. But nobody has questioned when a Muslim group imposed ‘fatwa’ on ‘Vande Mataram’ song,” he lamented.<br />“Now I challenge the opposition that tomorrow members of all community including Muslims and Christians will also join BJP in large number. We will strive to bring Muslims and Christians also to the mainstream of the society,” he asserted.<br />Earlier, addressing a press meet at the party office here he said that his priority will be to build the party according to the wishes of the workers. <br /><br />More concentration will be given to build party in those constitutions, where BJP candidates could not win in previous election. Booth-level committees of party workers will be formed to make the party storng, he added. <br /><br />No forceful acquisition<br />To a query on issues related to acquisition of land for new power projects in the State, Eshwarappa said that government will not acquire land forcefully. “If we need power supply, we have to establish power projects. If people had raised objection to Sir Vishweshwaraiah’s ambitious projects, the KRS project would not have been a reality,” he said. Proposals of all new power projects being initiated with an aim to cater adequate power supply to the future generation, Eshwarappa said and warned opposition not to halt development works in state by playing politics. It was due to lack of political will in previous governments that the power shortage crisis situation has been created, he added. <br /><br />Home Minister Dr V S Acharya, District-in-Charge Minister J Krishna Palemar, MPs D V Sadananda Gowda, Nalin Kumar Kateel, Coastal Karnataka Development Authority Chairman B Nagaraj Shetty, Mangalore City Corporation Mayor M Shanker Bhat, MLCs Capt Ganesh Karnik, Kota Srinivas Poojari, MLAs N Yogish Bhat, Mallika Prasad and S Angara were present.<br />DH News Service<br /><br />ZP chief Bhandary in BJP meet<br />It was a surprise for all BJP workers and leaders that Zilla Panchayat President Santhosh Kumar Bhandary, who was elected from Congress, attended BJP’s felicitation programme at the Town Hall. <br />Bhandary not only offered a garland to Eshwarappa, but also sought the blessings from new State President by touching his feet.</p>
<p>Addressing party workers at a felicitation programme at the Town Hall here on Monday, Eshwarappa said that the party will bag more than 150 seats in the next assembly election and form a government with absolute majority. “Party workers should work for the party adhering to its principles. It is party more prominent than leaders,” he said. Ensuring social justice to all and upliftment of Dalits and backward class are the major objectives of the party, he added. <br /><br />“Those in the opposition brand BJP as an anti-minority and anti-Dalit party. They called BJP a Brahmin party, later they termed it a Lingayat party. But nobody has questioned when a Muslim group imposed ‘fatwa’ on ‘Vande Mataram’ song,” he lamented.<br />“Now I challenge the opposition that tomorrow members of all community including Muslims and Christians will also join BJP in large number. We will strive to bring Muslims and Christians also to the mainstream of the society,” he asserted.<br />Earlier, addressing a press meet at the party office here he said that his priority will be to build the party according to the wishes of the workers. <br /><br />More concentration will be given to build party in those constitutions, where BJP candidates could not win in previous election. Booth-level committees of party workers will be formed to make the party storng, he added. <br /><br />No forceful acquisition<br />To a query on issues related to acquisition of land for new power projects in the State, Eshwarappa said that government will not acquire land forcefully. “If we need power supply, we have to establish power projects. If people had raised objection to Sir Vishweshwaraiah’s ambitious projects, the KRS project would not have been a reality,” he said. Proposals of all new power projects being initiated with an aim to cater adequate power supply to the future generation, Eshwarappa said and warned opposition not to halt development works in state by playing politics. It was due to lack of political will in previous governments that the power shortage crisis situation has been created, he added. <br /><br />Home Minister Dr V S Acharya, District-in-Charge Minister J Krishna Palemar, MPs D V Sadananda Gowda, Nalin Kumar Kateel, Coastal Karnataka Development Authority Chairman B Nagaraj Shetty, Mangalore City Corporation Mayor M Shanker Bhat, MLCs Capt Ganesh Karnik, Kota Srinivas Poojari, MLAs N Yogish Bhat, Mallika Prasad and S Angara were present.<br />DH News Service<br /><br />ZP chief Bhandary in BJP meet<br />It was a surprise for all BJP workers and leaders that Zilla Panchayat President Santhosh Kumar Bhandary, who was elected from Congress, attended BJP’s felicitation programme at the Town Hall. <br />Bhandary not only offered a garland to Eshwarappa, but also sought the blessings from new State President by touching his feet.</p>
