Ex-CM joins protest against Bidadi plan
B.S. Yediyurappa joins protest against Bidadi plan
- B.S. Yediyurappa joined a protest at Bengaluru’s Freedom Park against the proposed Bidadi Township Project and a proposed second international airport in Kanakapura.
- The Bharatiya Janata Party announced a foot march from Bidadi to Bengaluru, with dates to be declared later.
- B.S. Yediyurappa demanded withdrawal of what protesters call false cases against two farmers and warned of escalation if no action is taken.
- Former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda recently held a press conference opposing the township project.
Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa joined a protest at Bengaluru’s Freedom Park against the proposed Bidadi Township Project and a proposed second international airport in Kanakapura. The protest matters for UPSC because it links urban expansion, land-related conflict, and state-level political mobilisation.
The Bharatiya Janata Party announced a foot march from Bidadi to Bengaluru, with the dates to be declared later. At the protest, Yediyurappa demanded that the Karnataka State government withdraw what protesters describe as false cases against two farmers and warned of a larger agitation if no action is taken.
Former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda had recently held a press conference opposing the township project. His intervention shows that the dispute has moved beyond a local land issue and has entered wider party and coalition politics in Karnataka.
UPSC may use the Bidadi Township Project protest to ask about land acquisition, urban planning, infrastructure-driven development, and the balance between public purpose and local resistance. The issue also fits questions on state executive decisions, protest politics, and the governance of large infrastructure projects.
