Daijiworld Media Network
Mangaluru, Dec 9: MLA U T Khader has slammed the BJP governments over the Karnataka and Maharashtra border dispute in Belagavi.
Addressing a press meet at Congress Bhavan here on Friday, December 9, he demanded that the intervention of the Centre in the matter to resolve the issue.
"Chief Minister of the state is not taking bold decisions in this regard. Kannadigas there are suffering. Without taking proper decision CM is betraying the people of the state. Chief Minister should explain why the government cannot take strong decision over border dispute between two states," he said.
Claiming to be a double engine government, he wondered why the Centre and the state have failed to resolve the matter. "People are in distress Does the government want to bulldoze the people?" he questioned.
He wondered why union government was silent on the issue. "Silence has betrayed people of the state. The government should stop conflict. It is responsibility of government to ensure peace," he said.
He added that Congress is working on the basis of Indian Constitution drafted by Dr B R Ambedkar.
On immoral policing, he said that the government should take stringent action and police should book culprits suo moto. "People are losing faith in the government," Khader said.