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SOUTHERN NEWS - KARNATAKA Oct 14, 2007 'Raise voice for power' Saturday October 13 2007 12:40 IST Express News Service CHIKMAGALUR: The district Bahujan Samaj Party president K T Radhakrishna felt that those who did not have spirit to protest would not get power. He was speaking after inaugurating the first death anniversary of Kanshi Ram at Dr Ambedkar High School here recently. Calling upon the backward people in the society to raise voice in order to get power, he felt that former deputy chief minister Yediyurappa had to lose the post of chief minister as he gave in to stoic silence. He went on to say that Yediyurappa's silence obliging former prime minister H D Deve Gowda and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy became an obstacle in the path of his becoming CM. Describing Kanshi Ram as a doyen of Indian political scenario, he said there was an urgent need to pass on his message to the masses. BSP state secretary P Velayudhan said that the credit of uniting 6 thousand backward castes for political power should go to Kanshi Ram. District general secretary Paramesh, secretary N P Eshwar, state secretary G K Basavaraj spoke. One-minute silence was observed praying for his soul to rest in peace.
