CPI (M) supports JD (S) on BMIC issue

Bangalore, June 14 (UNI) The ruling coalition partner Janata Dal (S) in Karnataka, beleaguered over the multicrore Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project, today found support from unexpected quarters, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), in the issue.

The CPI (M) State unit favoured the state government proposed move to take over the BMIC project from its promoters Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) and said it would serve the interests of both the state and the farmers.

In a release here, party State Secretary G N Nagaraj alleged that in the background of growing population in Bangalore and the development of industries, it was necessary for the state government to take over the project and complete it expeditiously.

He said the BMIC project, envisaged 12 years ago, was still in its nascent stage due to the nvolvement of various vested interests.

The delay in completing the project had badly affected the interests of the people, particularly farmers, residing in and around the project area.

Criticising the ruling coalition partner BJP for changing the stance on the issue, he said when it was in the opposition, the BJP had been demanding the state to take over the project. But now after forming a government in the state along with the JD (S), it was singing a different tune, he alleged.

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