B S Yeddyurappa to go on fast seeking loan waiver

MYSURU: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa has announced that he will go fast from July 7 to 9 and hold a massive rally of farmers, urging the state government to waive farm loans taken from co-operative institutions.

He said around 3-4 lakh farmers will gather in Bengaluru on July 10 to protest against the failure of the Congress government and its poor fiscal management. Speaking to media persons here on Sunday, Yeddyurappa said: “I will publicly greet Chief Minister Siddaramaiah if he waives farm loans,” he added.

Asked whether he would prevail upon the Centre to waive farm loans to the tune of `32,000 crore borrowed from the nationalised banks, Yeddyurappa refused to comment and maintained that he would raise the issue in an appropriate forum.

 “The BJP workers will put up Prime Minister Narendra Modi and local MP pictures before PDS outlets to educate people on the Centre’s contribution in Anna Baghya scheme,” he said.

He disputed that the ego clash between Congress and BJP leaders over waiving loans has put the farming community into trouble. Yeddyurappa claimed that he had waived loans as chief minister and had given credit to farmers at zero per cent interest.