<p>The BJP issued the advertisement in a few Kannada dailies Sunday ahead of the Dec 26 and Dec 31 polls in 176 taluka (sub-district) and 30 zilla (district) panchayats.<br /><br />The 'happy farmer' ad had the photo of Nagaraju, a farm hand of Baburayanakoppalu village in this district, who had committed suicide May 27, 2009 as he was unable to repay his debt.<br /><br />Mandya is about 80 km from Bangalore, on way to Mysore.<br />The enraged villagers and family members of Nagaraju, who is survived by his parents, wife and two children, are planning to block the Bangalore-Mysore highway Wednesday as the BJP has not apologized for the goof up.<br /><br />"We will stage a dharna on the Bangalore-Mysore highway on Wednesday as no one from the BJP has come to the village to apologise to Nagaraju's family," said B.S. Sandesh, former president of Srirangapatna taluka.<br /><br />Sandesh said Nagaraju, 32, was the sole wage earner in the family. Nagaruju's daughter Bhavya is a student of 12th standard and son Umesh studies in class 7, he said.<br />Sandesh said Baburayanakoppalu village had a population of around 3,000 and their main occupation was agriculture.<br /><br />"Most of the villagers will participate in the road-block on Wednesday," he said.<br />The party, apparently realising the mistake, issued the same advertisement in a few Kannada dailies Monday, this time with the photo of another man.<br /><br />BJP leaders in Mandya also said they will meet Nagaruju's family to offer an apology.<br />"We will go there later to talk to the family members and villagers," BJP legislative council member Ashwathnarayana told IANS.<br /><br />BJP is making vigorous efforts for a good show in the year-end polls and give a fitting reply to the corruption and nepotism charges surrounding Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and several of his ministers.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa, under attack for favouring his kin with prime land in and around Bangalore, has won a breather from the BJP central leaders. He said he was confident of leading the party to victory in the polls.</p>
<p>The BJP issued the advertisement in a few Kannada dailies Sunday ahead of the Dec 26 and Dec 31 polls in 176 taluka (sub-district) and 30 zilla (district) panchayats.<br /><br />The 'happy farmer' ad had the photo of Nagaraju, a farm hand of Baburayanakoppalu village in this district, who had committed suicide May 27, 2009 as he was unable to repay his debt.<br /><br />Mandya is about 80 km from Bangalore, on way to Mysore.<br />The enraged villagers and family members of Nagaraju, who is survived by his parents, wife and two children, are planning to block the Bangalore-Mysore highway Wednesday as the BJP has not apologized for the goof up.<br /><br />"We will stage a dharna on the Bangalore-Mysore highway on Wednesday as no one from the BJP has come to the village to apologise to Nagaraju's family," said B.S. Sandesh, former president of Srirangapatna taluka.<br /><br />Sandesh said Nagaraju, 32, was the sole wage earner in the family. Nagaruju's daughter Bhavya is a student of 12th standard and son Umesh studies in class 7, he said.<br />Sandesh said Baburayanakoppalu village had a population of around 3,000 and their main occupation was agriculture.<br /><br />"Most of the villagers will participate in the road-block on Wednesday," he said.<br />The party, apparently realising the mistake, issued the same advertisement in a few Kannada dailies Monday, this time with the photo of another man.<br /><br />BJP leaders in Mandya also said they will meet Nagaruju's family to offer an apology.<br />"We will go there later to talk to the family members and villagers," BJP legislative council member Ashwathnarayana told IANS.<br /><br />BJP is making vigorous efforts for a good show in the year-end polls and give a fitting reply to the corruption and nepotism charges surrounding Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and several of his ministers.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa, under attack for favouring his kin with prime land in and around Bangalore, has won a breather from the BJP central leaders. He said he was confident of leading the party to victory in the polls.</p>