Bangalore: Karnataka Assembly Mourns Bangarappa
From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore
Bangalore, Jan 31: The Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Tuesday paid rich tributes to former Chief Minister S Bangarappa who passed away recently.
Moving the condolence motion, Speaker K G Bopaiah praised Bangarappa as an able administrator and maintained high standard in public life.
Bopaiah also recalled Bangarappa’s contributions to the State as the Minister and the Chief Minister.
Chief Minister D V Sadananada Gowda and Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah also paid tributes to Bangarappa.
''Bangarappa had a unique style of working and maintained relations with leaders of the party with whom he had worked earlier. He did not lose his individuality even after joining other parties,” Gowda said.
T B Jayachnadra, Srinivas Prasad, C S Appajinadagouda, Kimmane Rathnakar (all Congress) H D Revanna (JD-S), Primary and Secondary Education Minister Visvesvara Hegde Kageri, Kannada and Culture Minister Govind M Karjol described Bangarappa as the voice of the oppressed and suppressed sections of the society.
''Bangarappa gave impetus to various development schemes,” they said pointing out that he was loved by people belonging to different communities.
The House aslo condoled demise of former legislators Mahadeva (K R Nagar) Rama Siddalinga Nadoni (Raibagh), Somappa Suvarna (Moodbidre) and Kannada writer L Basavaraju.
As a mark of respect to the departed leaders, the House observed a minute silence. Later, the House was adjourned for the day.
Independents Show Black Clothes to Speaker
The Assembly witnessed scenes of Independent members showing black clothes to Speaker Bopaiah soon after he adjourned the House for the day on Tuesday.
Independent members – P M Narendraswamy, Venkataramanappa, Goolihatti Shekhar, D Sudhakar and Shivaraj Tangadagi – rushed to the well of the House and waived black clothes against the Speaker.
They sought Speaker’s resignation in the wake of the Supreme Court holding as ''unconstitutional” his decision to disqualify them in 2010 ahead of a trust vote.
The members objected to the Speaker conducting the business of the House and alleged that the ''tainted Speaker” had gone against the Constitution by disqualifying the MLAs.
The Congress opposition members had staged a protest on the opening day of the session on Monday.