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Udupi : There will be statewide agitation in the state as well as in the country by the farmers at large. Janata Dal(Secular) party will support for the farmers in relate to Karnataka Bandh on Monday, September 28 in Udupi district, said Yogish Shetty, District President of JD(S).

Addressing a press meet at District JD(S) office here on Sunday, September 27, Yogish Shetty said that we should support for the farmers cause. State government completely failed in dealing with COVID-19 in the state as well as in the Udupi district as well. Some of the hospitals in Udupi district there have been acute shortage of beds and even ICU facility. We have numerous calls from the COVID patients about the ICU facility and non-availability of beds in some of the hospitals. The patients not ready to go to the hospitals for the treatment of pandemic. He called the district administration and the state government not to play with the life of people, he said.

Due to heavy rains in the district since four decades, lot of houses washed out, farmers lost their farm cultivation, lots of people faces heavy losses. The government should provide suitable compensation for those who loss of houses and farm products. We should pressurize the government to provide compensation for the losses due to flood. During Kumaraswamy was the chief minister, then several areas of Hasan and other places got huge losses due to rain. Our government then provided proper compensation for the farmers and others. Why not possible now, he asks the government.

Yogish Shetty said that Kumaraswamy government was waived the farm loan amounted Rs. 25,000 crore which no government had done so. JD(S) has always in favour of the farmers in the state.

He said in relate to Raksha’s unnatural death case, JDS need justice and need proper investigation with early as possible. Hence, Raksha’s family gets the justice.

Yogish Shetty said that JDS will contest in all seats of Gram Panchayat elections in the district. Already 50 JDS candidates are chosen to contest. The workers of the party are committed to build the party from grassroot level.  In order to strengthen the party, it should need to build from grassroot level. There is well response to our party. In the next election, JDS will lead the government in the state. Large number of people who are in other parties will join in JDS in the district and they will agree the principles of the party.

Yogish Shetty said that today is his 50^th birthday. He was lucky that last year, he got the chance to celebrate his birthday at former Prime Minister Deve Gowda’s presence at Bangaluru. He is not in favour of birthday celebration. This year with the demand of party workers, he got the chance to celebrate his 50^th birthday with the party workers and the media persons. He celebrated his 50^th birthday with cutting the well decorated huge cake.

Vice President Vasudev Rao, other officials Shekar Kotian, Gangadhar, Uday Hegde, Devakar Shetty, D B Manjunath, Raviraj Salian, Jayaram Acharya and others were present.