Karnataka CM asks BJP MPs to join protest in Delhi against Centre20Photo© hindustantimes.com

Karnataka CM asks BJP MPs to join protest in Delhi against Centre

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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to all the members of Parliament (MPs) from Karnataka requesting them to take part in the ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest against the ‘financial atrocities committed by the Central Government on Kannadigas and Karnataka’.

Mr Siddaramaiah would lead the protest. All Congress legislators, Ministers and its lone MP D.K. Suresh would participate in the protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi at 11 a.m. on February 7. The State has given full-page advertisements in all major dailies about the ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest on February 7.

Out of 28 Lok Sabha MPs in Karnataka, 25 are from BJP, one each from Congress and JD(S). Sumalatha Ambareesh is an independent representing Mandya. The letter also went to Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka, including Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.