BJP state executive to pass resolution praising Centre for scrapping MGNREGA

Bengaluru: Union minister Bhupendra Yadav will inaugurate BJP's special state executive meeting at Palace Grounds in Bengaluru Thursday, a conference where brass is expected to outline the party's political and organisational roadmap in Karnataka. BL Santhosh, the party's national organising general secretary, will also participate. BJP state general secretary P Rajeev said members would adopt four resolutions — two praising the Union govt and two criticising the state govt. "The first resolution will welcome the Union budget, describing it as visionary, development-oriented, and one that has tremendous potential to realise the dream of Viksit Bharat by 2047," Rajeev said.
The second will commend the Centre for transforming MGNREGA into G RAM G, aimed at removing loopholes and making the programme more accountable, transparent and effective, Rajeev said. The third resolution will criticise the state Congress govt over Bengaluru's infrastructure, alleging that residents are facing hardships due to what the party calls "policy and governance failures". "The Congress govt headed by chief minister Siddaramaiah has made day-to-day life of the common man in Bengaluru miserable. This will be the thrust of the resolution," Rajeev said. The fourth resolution will focus on the overall performance of the govt in Karnataka over the past two years and nine months, with emphasis on what BJP describes as "the absence of effective governance and failures on the law and order front". The resolution is also expected to flag what the party alleges is a "growing tendency among Congress workers to take the law into their own hands". Sources say the executive meeting will also discuss strategies to strengthen BJP organisation, expand its cadre base and prepare for political challenges. A string of elections are due to be held over the next couple of years in the state, including polls to five Greater Bengaluru Authority corporations. Deliberations are expected on organisational restructuring, booth-level mobilisation and coordination among party units.