15 March, 2011 (English) - Bharatiya Janata Party

Manmohan Singh for hisstatement that: “I am not asmuch as a culprit as I am beingmade out” and asked him tospecify, “what is the percentageof his culpability.” Takingexception to Dr. Singh blamingcoalition politics for not beingable to take stern action withrespect to several issues, hewondered why the coalitiondharma should come in the wayof prevention of corruption andacting against corrupt people.Alleging that the scamsinvolving the UPA governmentwere to the tune of Rs 4 lakhcrore as against the centralbudget size of Rs. 10 lakh crore,he said the UPA’s image wasdented with these scams.He said Shri Yeddyurappa,who recently led the BJP to aresounding victory in thepanchayat elections willcomplete his full term in office.Shri Gadkari also praised ShriYeddyurappa for his pro-peoplepolicies - including farm loansat 1 per cent interest and creationof more job avenues by attractinginvestment of around Rs 7 lakhcrore.He urged the party workersin Karnataka to take a pledge toensure that the party swept allContinued on page 30March 1-15, 2011 10Highlights of Kamalada Mane – Pradarshini(House of Kamala – an exhibition)• An exhibition was planned during the convention.• The Pradarshini was named as Kamalada Mane (House ofLotous) & it was spread over an area of 60,000 sq.ft.• The Government departments were invited to put up stalls toshowcase their achievements.• Three wings were there in the Pradarshini – Vichara, Vikasaand Anthyodaya.Vichara: This depicted BJP’s history, Growth, Struggles,Programmes, Publications, Periodicals, Cartoons & rare Photos.Almost a hundred political cartoons were written by SriRamadhyani, our Chitradurga MPSri Janardhana Swamy & othersenior artists were exhibited at theexhibition, displayed. A wing wasdedicated to Kannada poets &Kingdoms of Karnataka.Vikasa : This wing consisted of22 stalls depicting achievements ofKarnataka BJP Government the Stallshad sufficient information regardingthe performance of differentdepartments.Anthyodaya: In this section theconcept of Anthyodaya and alsosome of the projects undertaken by our senior workers were exhibited.• The Inauguration was itself eventful. Traditional lamp was litby BJP National General Secretary Sri Ananth Kumar.Chitradurga MP Sri Janardhana Swamy drew a cartoon aboutthe agricultural budget. State BJP President Sri K.S. Eswarappaunveiled the Chart that consisted the names of all Presidentssince Bharatiya Jana Sangha days.• More than 60,000 workers visited the ‘Kamalada Mane’. Manywere in tears & the atmosphere was nostalgic.• Workers from IT Cell, Mahila & Yova Morcha workers workedas volunteers in ‘Kamalada Mane’• There were two theaters each with 200 seating capacity. In onetheater Party videos viz., Sri Atalji speeches, CDs of variousother Programmes, CDs on Kashmir, Ayodhya, Naxalisam wereexhibition. In another theaters Advertisements of Governmentwere shown.• BJP National President Sri Nitin Gadkari, BJP national generalsecretary and Karnataka Prabhari Sri Dharmendra Pradhan,BJP national general secretary Shri V. Sathish & the entire cabinetmembers of the legislative visited the exhibition.The exhibition won the hearts of workers, drew the attention ofmedia and made everyone go through the bylanes of history of BJP.