Mangalore, Jan 1: Senior Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary has alleged the BJP Leaders of creating confusion in the minds of the areca growers by making confusing statements over the proposed ban on areca.
Addressing the reporters on Wednesday, Mr Poojary said that only a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed seeking ban on areca, which does not mean that the Court will decide in favour of the ban.
“The growers need not be worried about the areca ban because the central and the state government will take steps for the welfare of the growers,” he said adding that despite demands to ban tobacco over the years, tobacco continues to be grown and sold in the market.
He said that in case Supreme Court bans areca then the Central government will pass an ordinance to come to the rescue of the growers and added that it was due to the confusion created by the BJP leaders that the price of areca has taken a nosedive from Rs 208 per kg to Rs 178 per kg.
“The BJP is creating confusion for political gain,” he said adding that it was time everyone resorted to building confidence of the farmers forgetting differences.
BSY's return
Coming down heavily on former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa for going back into the folds of the BJP, Poojary said that people still remember the claims that Yeddyurappa had done of not returning to the BJP till his end.
“How did BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi allow this to happen when he makes big talks about curbing corruption and acting stern against the corrupt,” he questioned.
Appreciating change
However, lauding Pejawar Seer Vishweshatheertha Swamiji's decision of not mounting the palanquine during the paryaya mahotsava, Poojary said that all the other seers of the 'ashtamatha' must try and follow the seer.
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