D.K. Shivakumar invites BJP leaders to join him in seeking farm loan waiver from Centre

Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has urged the Central government to waive farm loans in the drought-affected state, calling on BJP leaders to join him in pressuring New Delhi to take action. The State government has declared 101 taluks as drought-affected for the kharif season due to a deficit monsoon, prompting Shivakumar to convene a special session of the Legislature to discuss the agrarian crisis and the Kasturirangan report on the proposed Western Ghats eco-sensitive zone.

He pointed out that neither the BJP nor the JD(S) adequately raised the issue during the Monsoon Session, and urged BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra to join him and Leader of Opposition R. Ashok in Delhi to press the Centre on the issue.

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