Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Jun 16: BJP has decided to follow the strategy of using farmer issues as weapon to tame the state government during the legislative assembly session beginning in first week of July this year. It wants to highlight the state government's failure in issues like waiver of warm loans and payment of compensation to agriculturists for crop loss suffered by them on account of heavy rainfall.

Towards this end, former chief minister, B S Yeddyurappa, has fanned out six teams to different parts of the state to undertake tour of the state, conduct study about the ground reality relating to farmers problems, and submit a report to him by the end of this month. These teams will widely travel through the rural belts of the state in all the regions, get firsthand account of problems faced by the farmers, and provide the result of the study to Yeddyurappa. BJP will then use this information to attack the government on the basis of these issues both inside and outside the legislature.

B S Yeddyurappa

One of these teams, which would tour Vijayapura, Belagavi, Bagalkote, Udupi, and Dakshina Kannada districts is headed by former minister and president of BJP state farmer wing president, Laxman Savadi. The second team headed by Shankar Gowda Patil will undertake visit of Ballari, Kalaburagi, Bidar, Yadagiri and Raichur districts, the third team of which Ishwarachandra Hosamani is the leader, is entrusted with the task of undertaking study tour of Dharwad, Haveri, Gadag and Uttara Kannada districts, fourth team with Nanjunde Gowda at the helm will visit Mysuru, Hassan, Kodagu, Mandya, as well as Chamarajanagar districts while the fifth team led by Pavitra Ramaiah will tour Davanagere, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Shivamogga districts. The sixth team under the leadership of Shivaprasad would be touring Bengaluru, Ramanagara, Chikkaballapur, and Kolar districts.