Karnataka: DK Shivakumar issues veiled threat to BS Yediyurappa on medical college

BENGALURU: Issuing a veiled threat to chief minister BS Yediyurappa, Congress’ DK Shivakumar on Saturday demanded he reconsider his decision to cancel the medical college and hospital project allotted to his constituency, Kanakapura, in Ramanagara district.
“I request you to order restoration of the allotment of medical college at Kanakapura and give a date for performing bhoomi puja...I will be constrained to resort to serious action in my own way to get justice to the people of Kanakapura...” Shivakumar wrote to the CM.
Accusing Yediyurappa of cancelling the project “overnight’’ under some presure, he said: “I was shocked to learn that your government, with a single-member cabinet took a decision to cancel it overnight and transfer/ reallot the same to Chikkaballapura” .
Shivkumar said the medical college and hospital in Kanakapura was included in the 2018-19 budget, which was also passed. The previous coalition government had allotted land. “I would like to reiterate that I have no objection whatsoever for allotment of medical college to Chikballapura.. but, my objection is to the cancellation of the medical college allotted to Kanakapura, that too when the establishment of it was at an advanced stage,” Shivakumar said.