MLA sits alone on dharna over farmers’ issue
The Hindu
B.R. Patil, MLA of Aland, sat on a one-man dharna in front Mahatma Gandhi statue on the Vidhana Soudha premises in Bengaluru on Saturday
B.R. Patil, MLA of Aland, sat on a one-man dharna in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue on the Vidhana Soudha premises in Bengaluru on Saturday, demanding the implementation of minimum support price to farmers through a law.
With the dharna, Mr. Patil was also showing solidarity with Jagjit Singh Dallewal, farmers’ leader who has been fasting for over a one month in support of farmers’ issues near the Punjab-New Delhi border.
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has sealed 6,914 non-residential properties and attached 81,644 properties this financial year till January 4 for non-payment of property tax dues. The total number of defaulters as on Monday was 2,06,753 and the total dues from these properties stands at ₹329.15 crore.