Udupi: Criticising Congress General Secretary for having declared assets of over Rs.15crores, former MLA U.R.Sabhapathi asked him was he not driving a second-hand van at one time.
URS was speaking on Wednesday, Feb9, in a meeting of his friends and admirers in Kidiyur hotel roof tip hall.
Sabhapathi informed the gathering that he and his friends used to push the Van when it did not function well on road. But six years ago (2002-2003), while not being MP and defeated in Udupi had shown his assets as worth Rs.6 crores. Now Oscar has gone forward and owned Rs.15 crores worth of assets in Bangalore such as sites and flats. How he did it, asked URS.
He accused Oscar of creating enmity between Pramod Madhwaraj and himself (both from fishing community) in leadership. Former Congress unit chief M.A.Gafoor has joined in this game, he added.
Oscar Fernandez may have excellent relations with Congress High Command, but Congress in Udupi and DK district has fallen flat due to his activities as lone survivor, Sabhapathi told his followers. According to another source, B.Janardhana Poojary and Oscar Fernandez are not on good terms in the two coastal districts, and M.Veerappa Moily could not improve matters in Congress on the coastal belt. Moily destroyed the Congress on the coastal (undivided) DK dt., and Rushed to Chikkaballapur where he could do nothing better, U.R.Sabhapathi charged.
On BJP turning corrupt and more corrupt, URS did not express any surprise, as in 1965 the BJP MLA in Udupi had gobbled the govt. land in Malpe to run a factory or not he asked. When he indicated that he would join Gowda’s JD-S, his followers present welcomed the statement by clapping their hands. He added that he would meet H.D.Kumaraswamy soon. Malpe Raghvendra, Basheer Baikampady and Annappa Sherigar among others were present.