BMIC project: JD-S to reveal all details to public

Bangalore, June 19: Janata Dal (Secular) Legislative Party tonight decided to utilise the Legislative Session beginning tomorrow to reveal all the details about controversial Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project to the public.

A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting chaired by former Prime Minister and JD (S) National President H D Deve Gowda and attended by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, Party State President M P Prakash and party legislators here.

Briefing newsmen after the meeting, Mr Prakash said that it was also decided not to pressure for bringing Bill as proposed earlier, instead reveal to the public about the issue right from the beginning and all the party legislatures were asked to participate in the discussion if the issue was raised.

"Party's stand was that the interests of the farmers should be protected and for this purpose reveal all the details to the public.

The question about introducing the Bill was not discussed in the meeting. The Meeting discussed only about what should be the party's stand on the BMIC project." Declining to be draged to BMIC issue, Mr Kumaraswamy said that "I dont want to discuss about BMIC issue. Tomorrow Session starts, we have decided to reveal the details about the project."

Replying to a question about BJP sticking to its stand that the excess land allotted to BMIC should be taken back and returned to the farmers, he said that "it was not possible to take back the land allotted and distribute back to the farmers as per law." About possibility of JD(S) and BJP Coordination Committee meeting about the issue before the beginning of the Session, Mr Kumaraswamy said that the date will be decided about discussing with the BJP.

UNI