Bengaluru, July 17 -- BJP Karnataka State President BY Vijayendra on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Congress government, alleging it was "forcibly seizing fertile farmland" in the Bidadi region in the name of a Satellite Township to serve "real estate interests of the High Command."

Addressing a protest rally organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party in support of Bidadi farmers, Vijayendra said, "The Congress government and Chief Minister DK Shivakumar are forcibly taking away farmers' fertile lands in Bidadi. To fill the stomach of the High Command, they have turned to the real estate business."

Vijayendra accused the government of committing "atrocities" by compulsorily acquiring land from poor farmers who depend entirely on ...