After 540 days of protests, Karnataka CM invites those opposing Bidadi Township for talks
Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has invited protesting farmers for talks after 540 days of opposition to the Bidadi Township project. The farmers, who recently moved their protest to Bengaluru, are demanding the cancellation of the land acquisition process.
Why it matters
The resolution of this long-standing protest is critical for the state's infrastructure development and the livelihoods of the affected rural population.
After 540 days of protests against the Bidadi Township , Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday finally invited protesting farmers for talks regarding the project.
The move came after farmers, who had been protesting at Bairamangala Circle for over 540 days, brought their protest to Bengaluru’s Freedom Park and announced that they would lay siege to Vidhana Soudha.
Yashavantha T., State general secretary of the Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS), said the Chief Minister’s Office had invited 25 representatives of the protesting farmers, who are members of Samyukta Horata Karnataka and the Bairamangala-Kanchugaranahalli Horata Samithi.
A delegation including farmer leaders Badagalapura Nagendra, Chukki Nanjundaswamy, Melukote MLA Darshan Puttannaiah, and farmers from nine villages, that are up for acquisition, will meet the Chief Minister at Vidhana Soudha.
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