<p>He has also decided to complain to Lokayukta police if any irregularities are found. <br />He was speaking after felicitating the JD(S) candidates who have won the elections for the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) in the city on Wednesday.<br /><br />Reality check<br /><br />“Legislator Varthur Prakash has been claiming very often that the district achieved significant progress in the last three years. But, a reality check will reveal that his claims are baseless.”<br /><br />“It is nothing less than a joke to say Varthur invested money from his own pocket, apart from the MLA’s fund, in the development works,” Gowda criticised.<br /><br />‘Leaders purchased’ <br /><br />He further alleged that Varthur took the politics in the JD(S) to crescendo by “purchasing the JD(S) leaders.”<br /><br />Varthur, who criticised the JD(S)-Congress tie-up in the APMC polls, forgot that he did the same thing in 2008 elections. The poll verdict- in which JD(S) won nine and the Congress three seats- has itself proved Varthur wrong, he added. <br /><br />He called upon the party activists to lay seize to the residences of those who won the elections to the Taluk Primary Agriculture and Rural Development Co-operative Bank on JD(S) tickets and shifted their alliance later to follow Varthur. <br /><br />“If you spot them anywhere, charge them with no hesitation,” he fumed. If they were in favour of Varthur, they should quit their posts and contest again, he added. <br /><br />He alleged many real estate agents have entered the politics, polluting the political life in the constituency. Several steps would be initiated to check widespread corruption in the taluk, he said. <br /><br />Leaders Naganala Somanna, Holali Prakash, Aphros Pasha and Ramu were present on the occasion. <br /></p>
<p>He has also decided to complain to Lokayukta police if any irregularities are found. <br />He was speaking after felicitating the JD(S) candidates who have won the elections for the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) in the city on Wednesday.<br /><br />Reality check<br /><br />“Legislator Varthur Prakash has been claiming very often that the district achieved significant progress in the last three years. But, a reality check will reveal that his claims are baseless.”<br /><br />“It is nothing less than a joke to say Varthur invested money from his own pocket, apart from the MLA’s fund, in the development works,” Gowda criticised.<br /><br />‘Leaders purchased’ <br /><br />He further alleged that Varthur took the politics in the JD(S) to crescendo by “purchasing the JD(S) leaders.”<br /><br />Varthur, who criticised the JD(S)-Congress tie-up in the APMC polls, forgot that he did the same thing in 2008 elections. The poll verdict- in which JD(S) won nine and the Congress three seats- has itself proved Varthur wrong, he added. <br /><br />He called upon the party activists to lay seize to the residences of those who won the elections to the Taluk Primary Agriculture and Rural Development Co-operative Bank on JD(S) tickets and shifted their alliance later to follow Varthur. <br /><br />“If you spot them anywhere, charge them with no hesitation,” he fumed. If they were in favour of Varthur, they should quit their posts and contest again, he added. <br /><br />He alleged many real estate agents have entered the politics, polluting the political life in the constituency. Several steps would be initiated to check widespread corruption in the taluk, he said. <br /><br />Leaders Naganala Somanna, Holali Prakash, Aphros Pasha and Ramu were present on the occasion. <br /></p>
