The former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa launched the
Karnataka Janata Paksha’s Jana Snehi Yatra in Basavakalyan in Bidar
district on Friday with a frontal attack on the BJP government in the
State, claiming that the government had reversed the upward trend of
development achieved in Karnataka during his tenure as Chief Minister.
“Karnataka,
which occupied second place in overall development in the country when I
was Chief Minister, has slipped to 12th place now, after the failure of
successive Chief Ministers to maintain the same tempo of development in
all sectors,” Mr. Yeddyurappa said.
He said the KJP had begun preparing itself for the Assembly elections.
He
added that he would undertake a whirlwind tour of 100 Assembly
constituencies as part of the election preparation plans from January 5,
after holding a meeting of KJP office-bearers meeting in Bangalore on
January 4.
“The time is ripe for the regional party
to make its presence felt in Karnataka, as national parties had failed
to safeguard the State’s interests,” the former Chief Minister said
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