Bellary: In a show of strength at the end of its 320-km padyatra, the Congress on Monday stormed the mining bastion of Bellary, targeting the ruling BJP on illegal mining and corruption and warned it that the Centre would not remain a mute spectator to the
Congress MLA Santosh Lad, one of the mine owners from Bellary, seemed representing his mining fraternity when he demanded withdrawal of ban on ore export, here on Monday.
Opposition Congress leader in the state Assembly Siddaramaiah today asked people to ''eliminate politically'' ministers and mining magnates Reddy brothers, accused in the illegal mining scam, to ''preserve''the district and state resources from being looted.
With Congress' 'Bellary chalo' march in protest against the BJP government's ''failure'' to check illegal mining entering the fifth day, three Karnataka ministers on Thursday launched a counter rally challenging the Opposition to prove its charge.
In an attempt to counter the Congress-led Bangalore-Bellary march, BJP leaders from the district launched 'Swabhimani Bellary Yatra' here on Wednesday.
The tour will culminate on August 7 a day before the planned rally of Congress in Bellary, with a rally at Toranagal, 20 km from here.
Under fire for their alleged involvement in illegal mining in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, the Reddy brothers of Bellary asserted on Monday that Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj had no authority to refer a petition seeking their disqualification from the state legislature to the Election Commission.
