<p>The JD (S) state president H D Kumaraswamy termed the Union government’s decision to ban the red beacon lights atop VVIP vehicles a gimmick.<br /><br />He said this while speaking after inaugurating Pykera Cricket Cup 2017 tournament organised by Kodagu Gowda Yuva Vedike here on Friday.<br /><br />Kumaraswamy dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to impose a ban on the use of government vehicles by the Union minister and VVIPs and instead use their personal or private vehicles. He added that such rules are in force in a few foreign countries where VVIPs take public transportation or use private vehicles for commutation.<br /><br />He said that JD(S), if voted to power in 2018 Assembly polls, will announce the farm loan waiver within 24 hours. Kumaraswamy said that his party will not forge pre-poll alliance with any party and added that the JD(S) will field candidates in all 224 Assembly constituencies.<br /><br />Kumaraswamy cautioned Chief Minister Siddaramaiah not to get carried away with Congress party’s win in Nanjangud and Gundlupet bypolls and suggested the latter to learn a lesson or two from Yeddyurappa episode. Yeddyurappa was of the belief that he would continue to hold power for two terms. But what happened to him, Kumaraswamy questioned.<br /><br />The JD(S) state president accused Congress of plundering taxpayer’s money in the name of various development and welfare programmes. It is evident with the recent public statement by a Congress legislator who claimed to have collected Rs 10 crore for the hustings. People in the state are closely watching such developments and will teach a lesson to both Congress and BJP, he added.<br /><br />DVS sets example<br />Even as the ban on red beacon lights atop VVIP vehicles will come into effect from May 15, Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation D V Sadananda Gowda got the red light removed from his car. Gowda’s car on Friday did not have a red beacon light.<br /> <br /><br /></p>
<p>The JD (S) state president H D Kumaraswamy termed the Union government’s decision to ban the red beacon lights atop VVIP vehicles a gimmick.<br /><br />He said this while speaking after inaugurating Pykera Cricket Cup 2017 tournament organised by Kodagu Gowda Yuva Vedike here on Friday.<br /><br />Kumaraswamy dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to impose a ban on the use of government vehicles by the Union minister and VVIPs and instead use their personal or private vehicles. He added that such rules are in force in a few foreign countries where VVIPs take public transportation or use private vehicles for commutation.<br /><br />He said that JD(S), if voted to power in 2018 Assembly polls, will announce the farm loan waiver within 24 hours. Kumaraswamy said that his party will not forge pre-poll alliance with any party and added that the JD(S) will field candidates in all 224 Assembly constituencies.<br /><br />Kumaraswamy cautioned Chief Minister Siddaramaiah not to get carried away with Congress party’s win in Nanjangud and Gundlupet bypolls and suggested the latter to learn a lesson or two from Yeddyurappa episode. Yeddyurappa was of the belief that he would continue to hold power for two terms. But what happened to him, Kumaraswamy questioned.<br /><br />The JD(S) state president accused Congress of plundering taxpayer’s money in the name of various development and welfare programmes. It is evident with the recent public statement by a Congress legislator who claimed to have collected Rs 10 crore for the hustings. People in the state are closely watching such developments and will teach a lesson to both Congress and BJP, he added.<br /><br />DVS sets example<br />Even as the ban on red beacon lights atop VVIP vehicles will come into effect from May 15, Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation D V Sadananda Gowda got the red light removed from his car. Gowda’s car on Friday did not have a red beacon light.<br /> <br /><br /></p>
