Gowda threatens satyagraha over Bidadi Township
HD Deve Gowda threatened to launch a satyagraha at Mahatma Gandhi statue at Vidhana Soudha if the Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township (GBIT) at Bidadi is not permanently withdrawn.
Gowda urged Chief Minister DK Shivakumar to withdraw FIRs against protesting farmers and not destroy their livelihood.
The proposed AI-powered township over 9,600 acres near Bengaluru has triggered sustained protests from farmers opposing acquisition of fertile agricultural land.
Gowda claimed the project is being pursued to fulfill commitments Shivakumar made to Congress's high command to become CM.
The government temporarily halted land surveys after farmers forced survey teams to retreat and clashed with police.
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