Under fire from the opposition over the recent lathi charge on farmers in Chamarajanagar and Davanagere, the BJP government in Karnataka today said there would no be such incidents in the future.
"In future, there will be no lathicharge on farmers," the chief minister announced in the state assembly while replying to a debate on the issue.
Rejecting the opposition charge that his government was anti-farmer, Yeddyurappa also ordered withdrawal of all cases booked against them during their protest.
The chief minister said he would meet farmers, who are on padayatra from Chamarajanagar to Bangalore at Bidadi, and hold parleys with them after accepting Congress leader Siddaramaiah's suggestion.
He, however, rejected the Congress' demand for dropping land acquisition in Davanagere, over which farmers protested leading to police lathicharge on December 11.
"The land was acquired during Congress-JDS coalition government headed by N Dharam Singh and not by my government. It is meant for providing sites to poor. There is no question of dropping the acquisition proceedings," Yeddyurappa said.
Congress and JDS, then, staged a walkout demanding a judicial probe into the lathi charge and suspension of deputy commissioner and superintendent of police of Chamarajnagar district.
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