The decision of the Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and his deputy, B.S. Yediyurappa, to stay away from the “soft launch” of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure (BMIC) today is unprecedented for a project of this size.
While those sick of the “khadi klan” cutting ribbon all over the place will welcome such a move, and while the sight of children and villagers doing the honours will no doubt please many, the simple question to be asked is: does peevishness of this kind send the right signal to potential investors and to the State at large?
Of course, it is the politicians’ decision what invitations to accept and what to reject. But when the courts have cleared the project, does such a gesture only end up heightening tensions and muddying the waters? Or does it only end up proving what the intelligentsia is whispering about the motives and motivations behind the great obstacle race that has been flagged off from the Vidhana Soudha?
I saw a devastating interview of C.M. Ibrahim, Deve Gowda’s former factotum, on television some time back when AHINDA was the flavour of the day. The interviewer kept asking Ibrahim, no angel himself, about having been close to the Gowda and his sons and suddenly raging against them after being sidelined. “Avaga aa huduguru mature aagiralilla,” Ibrahim said without batting an eyelid. Seeing Kumaraswamy boycott today’s show for whatever reason, I think “Avarige innu maturity bandilla.”
I think the whole controversy is getting worse .I would wait and watch on where it heads . The only people who are suffering ( will suffer ) is the Farmers who lost their Lands and Taxpayers like us .
Two Great ” Journalists ” who offered NICE money to CM HDK are Indrajit Lankesh and R P Jagadish of Prajavani…… Everybody knows how Jagadish built his house a few years back…………
HDK has done a U-turn on his comment about NICE trying to buy him… who bribed him this time to prevent him for revealing names? Ridiculous.