HD Revanna
Warning of a protest, he said he would lead 5,000 JD(S) workers to the temple premises on Wednesday and challenged whether the 2,000 police personnel deployed for the festival could stop them.
Speaking to reporters here, Revanna said neither the DC nor district minister KM Shivalingegowda had personally invited him to the festival. “I have decided not to visit the Hasanamba temple this year as nobody, not even the district minister, called and invited me,” he said. Will lead party workers to temple: JD(S) MLA He alleged that an invitation pass was sent through a village assistant, which he refused and returned.
Hassan: Former minister and JD(S) MLA HD Revanna on Sunday accused Hassan deputy commissioner KS Latha Kumari of laxity in arrangements for Hasanamba festival and alleged that he was not invited to the annual religious event.
He alleged that Rs 25 lakh was spent on a welcome arch that did not feature photographs of elected representatives from the district. Claiming that gold passes were being sold for Rs 500 and Rs 1,000, Revanna demanded that passes be distributed equally among all political parties or that the pass system be scrapped altogether. 1,500 gold passes were allotted to Hassan MLA HP Swaroop Prakash and 1,000 to MP Shreyas M Patel, while each of the other MLAs in the district received 500 passes, according to the minister.
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He said he had written to the deputy commissioner and assistant commissioner seeking details of festival expenditure and the distribution of entry passes. Revanna was invited: District minister Responding to the allegations, district minister KM Shivalingegowda said Revanna had also been invited to the festival and described the claims as baseless. He said invitations had been extended to all elected representatives without discrimination. He said passes had also been allotted to Revanna, who had declined the invitation. To avoid further misunderstanding, Shivalingegowda said he would personally call Revanna and invite him to the festival.
Questioning the expenditure on the festival, he asked whether public funds were being spent for the benefit of Congress workers. Despite being elected MLA six times, he alleged that he had been sidelined. He gave the authorities until Wednesday to address his concerns and accused the organisers of turning the Hasanamba festival into a Congress party event. He added that he would direct the DC to personally contact all MLAs in the district. Download the TOI App.