Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the ruling BJP of spending huge sums of money in the Assembly bypolls held recently, former Chamarajanagar Congress MP R. Dhruvanarayan expressed concern that the BJP is planning to do the same in the upcoming Gram Panchayat polls.
Speaking to presspersons at Jaladarshini Guest House here on Saturday after a party meeting on GP poll preparations, Dhruvanarayan said the Congress has taken the GP polls seriously. Alleging that the BJP was blatantly misusing powers to win the GP polls by hook or crook, the former MP said that Congress workers must keep a round the clock watch on BJP’s money spending spree. Pointing out that the party has come with plans to win more than what it had secured five years ago, he said that it was the Congress who introduced the Panchayat Raj system. Charging the BJP of making attempts to weaken the GP system, he said that the party workers should ensure that Congress gets the upper hand in this election, which is vital for strengthening the party at the grassroot level.
