Mekedatu project: AAP asks Bommai to take ‘bold’ decision

‘Govt. should hold groundbreaking ceremony immediately’

The Aam Aadmi Party has demanded that the Basavaraj Bommai government hold the groundbreaking ceremony immediately and keep a strict deadline of one year for completion of the Mekedatu drinking water project. Though the project plan was ready several years ago, it was not implemented due to lack of political will of the governments that ruled the State in recent years. “This is a good opportunity for the new Chief Minister to assert himself and not to succumb to pressure from the Union or Tamil Nadu governments. He should hold the ground breaking ceremony immediately,” said Malavika Gubbivani, district convener, AAP, Mysuru. She added that the project was a matter of prestige for the people of Karnataka and the Chief Minister should take a bold decision. She alleged that the BJP managed to win more seats by making false promises that if there is a same party government at both State and the Centre it will be able to do “wonders”. “But, they are now giving double standard administration with one stand in Tamil Nadu and a different one in Karnataka and thus creating unnecessary controversy,” she said, in a statement here on Thursday.