AAP to hold protest at KIADB office in Dharwad on November 7

HUBBALLI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has planned to launch an agitation in Dharwad condemning the government’s anti-industry policies.
Speaking to reporters here on Monday, Aap district president Santosh Nargund said that the government’s initiatives are turning to be a curse for the MSMEs in the state. “We conducted a survey by approaching young and experienced entrepreneurs of Hubballi-Dharwad and studied their problems.We found that government’s slogan of ‘Ease of doing’ is ignoring MSME entrepreneurs. We focused on Gamanagatti industrial area, which is also called as Green Tech Park and learnt that government had failed in providing basic amenities to entrepreneurs,” he said.
Other leaders Vikas Soppin and Shashikumar Sullad alleged that lack of policy to hand over the land to entrepreneurs is affecting entrepreneurs but has empowered the government and KIADB to extort money from beneficiaries. “The government has been chanting the ‘single window’ mantra but entrepreneurs are still forced to approach 24 government departments and corporations to get different licences,” they added.
They asserted that all findings of the survey will be shared with the government so that it can take appropriate measures. “Meanwhile, we are also holding an agitation at KIADB office on Hubballi-Dharwad road on November 7. Various organisations have extended their support to the agitation” they said.
Ananth Kumar Bharatiya, Naveen Singh Rajput, Daniel Icose and others were present in the press meet.