Org bats MLC ticket to Vijaykumar, Yathindra

Mysuru, NT Bureau: Members of Kar nataka State Backward Classes Forum, Progressive organizations on Saturday unanimously demanded Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC president D K Shivakumar, state and Central Congress high command leaders to nominate District Congress president Dr B J Vijaykumar as a Congress candidate to contest in upcoming State Legislative Council polls that will be held on June 13 for 11 seats where MLAs will elect them.

A decision to this effect was taken at the round table meeting held by them at a private hotel in the city. Karnataka State Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene leader Manju Kiran appealed to party leaders to consider the candidature of Dr B J Vijaykumar as he is pro farmer besides he obtained PhD studying on causes of farmers suicides.

Prof Kalegowda Nagawara took strong objections on all political parties for fielding crore patis, children of influential families, politicians by not giving prominence to candidates who comes from agriculture family background and influenced by progressive leaders like Dr B J Vijaykumar.

60 percent of the contestants of state legislative assemblies and parliament are crorepatis nowadays, he said. Theatre personality Basavalingaiah said that Indian democracy, constitution is in danger under present dispensation.

There is no lessons about Indian constitution in Indian school curriculum, even few medias were also in favor of Manuwadis, trumpeting about Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was anti poor, Several free thinkers were jailed during last ten years of NDA regime.