State BJP working committee member Sunil Subramani said, ''Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah has judiciously used his power to disqualify MLAs. He has not committed any crime and there is no need for him to tender resignation.''
Speaking to presspersons, he said even the High Court had earlier upheld the decision of the Speaker. It is only now that the Supreme Court has questioned his decision to disqualify the MLAs. Sunil said, “Bopaiah is functioning well. Congress leaders do not have any job, so they are demanding the resignation of the Speaker.”
“If opposition leader Siddaramaiah is interested in playing ‘kusthi’, we will invite him to take part in Dasara sports meet in Madikeri,” he added.
District BJP’s Rathnakar Shetty said the oppostion leaders have not read the Supreme Court’s order. The order has not said that the decision is unconstitutional. It has just stated that it was a hasty decision.
MNREGA Sammelan
Kodagu zilla panchayat vice-president H M Kaveri and Ammathi MGNREGS labourer Lakshmi have been selected to take part in MGNREGA sammelan scheduled to be held at New Delhi on February 2.
The sammelan will discuss the pros and cons of the scheme. The sammelan is likely to be attended by prime minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and rural development minister Jairam Ramesh.
Nodal officer Gayathri along with H M Kaveri left for Bangalore on Tuesday night and will fly to New Delhi on February 1. The team will return on February 4.
