Congress leaders take out march opposing ESA notification in Tirthahalli
Congress party leaders in Tirthahalli organized a protest march to oppose the implementation of the Kasturirangan committee's recommendations regarding Eco-Sensitive Areas in the Western Ghats. The protest highlighted political friction between the Congress and the BJP regarding environmental policy and regional development.
Why it matters
Reflects the ongoing tension between environmental conservation efforts and local economic interests in ecologically sensitive regions.
Leaders and workers of the Congress party, under the leadership of School Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa and former Minister Kimmane Rathnakar, took out a protest march in Tirthahalli taluk on Monday, opposing the implementation of the recommendations of the Kasturirangan committee on the Western Ghats.
The protest march began at Binthla village in the taluk. District Congress Committee president R. Prasanna Kumar, Sringeri MLA T.D. Raje Gowda, the party’s district campaign committee president Ramesh Hegde, and others inaugurated the march.
Along the march, the participants raised slogans against the Central government and opposed the Eco-Sensitive Area (ESA) notification proposed to declare areas across the Western Ghats as ecologically sensitive.
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