Politics has become a show: Medha Patkar
Politics has become a show: Medha Patkar
HUBLI: Social activist Medha Patkar, has alleged that Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa was not letting Lokayukta Justice Santhosh He..

HUBLI: Social activist Medha Patkar, has alleged that Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa was not letting Lokayukta Justice Santhosh Hegde conduct probe against various charges of corruption.
She said on Friday that Yeddyurappa should have resigned long back in the light of the series of corruption charges unearthed against him. Reacting sharply on Yeddyurappa's comment that farmers' agitations now a days have become a fashionstatement, she countered that politics, too, has become a "show" of late, saying that he has no moral rights to speak on farmers as he was acquiring thousands of acres of fertile land for industrial purpose, she charged.

Medha, however, clarified that she was not against industrialisation but was against such projects at the cost of the agriculture sector. The government must first set up industries on government and barren land. Thereafter, the land should be acquired from farmers with their participation, but not forcibly, she added.

Therefore, the government should ensure proper livelihood for these displaced families in their villages itself by creating them employment opportunities," Medha added.

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