Freedom fighter H S Doreswamy on Wednesday said that the BJP and the JD(S) were opposing lake encroachment clearance drive in Bengaluru, as elections to the BBMP was fast approaching.

Speaking to reporters, he said the government had been conducting the drive in various parts of the State in the last one year. Numerous houses built on encroached land have been razed in other cities and towns. The Opposition parties were now opposing the drive conducted in Bengaluru with an eye on the polls, he charged.

This apart, Doreswamy submitted a memorandum to Law Minister T B Jayachandra, urging him not to set up a slaughter house at Harohalli, near Bidadi. The project has been planned in an industrial area. It will spoil the atmosphere of the entire area if it is implemented. Hence, residents of Harohalli village are opposing it, he said.