BJP blames state govt for closure of MySugar factory

BJP state unit general secretary and MLA C T Ravi, on Saturday, held the Congress government responsible for the “failure and mismanagement” in Mysore Sugar Factory (MySugar) in Mandya. 

Addressing the BJP workers, who were staging a protest against the state government for not reopening MySugar factory, Ravi said, “While private sugar company owners have started three new sugar factories in Mandya district in the past one decade, the state government has failed to maintain MySugar, which was making profit.”

He said that mismanagement and failure of the administration were the root cause for the closure of the factory. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is not interested in resolving the farmers’ issues.

He must take measures to solve farmers’ problems immediately. After converting the Mandya lake into sites, a few people are now trying to loot the property of MySugar, Ravi alleged.

Addressing the agitators, former minister B Somashekar said that AugustaWestland chopper deal and coal scams were classic examples of the Congress government’s misrule.

Former MP Tejaswini Ramesh said that though former chief minister S M Krishna did not take any steps to solve farmers’ issues, he was in the news for trying to change the chief minister. Why is he silent on the near-defunct MySugar factory? she sough to know.

BJP leaders E Ashwath Narayan, B Shivalingaiah and Ravindra were present on the occasion. Earlier, the agitators took out a bullock cart rally from Silver Jubilee Park to deputy commissioners’ office.