Alliance in the Lok Sabha polls too: Ivan D’souza
Mangaluru, July 21: MLC Ivan D'Souza has said that the Congress and the JD (S) will face elections through the alliance in the next Lok Sabha polls as well.
Speaking at a press conference held at the City Municipal office on Saturday, he said preparations for the Lok Sabha elections are going on in the state. Discussions are being held with activists across the state.
While the government is taking the Lok Sabha polls seriously, it has set the target to win 20 of the 28 seats in the state. The election preparations will be held under the leadership of the new president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Dinesh Gundu Rao.
It has been proposed in the Legislative Council to issue free bus pass to all students. There is a delay in implementing the scheme due to lack of grants. In the next few days, the government will move forward to distribute free bus pass.
Chief Minister Kumaraswamy has approved to establish a Christian Development Council. It should be implemented immediately, He demanded.
Rs 200 crore have been granted for Christian Development Corporation in 2018-19. The fund must be increased to Rs 300 crore in future, he added.
“5,980 students of the district have been given Rs 20.46 crore at zero percent interest in four years. The government had promised to give two crore jobs. But it was not possible. Loans given to students must be waived off immediately,” Ivan D'Souza urged
850 applications submitted under the home-shop scheme
The government has introduced a new scheme called 'Home-Shop Scheme' to rehabilitate the minorities who have been acquitted in the communal riots / communal violence cases.
Those who lost their homes and business places, and those who were released as innocents must utilise this scheme, he added.
For this scheme, already 850 applications have been submitted in the district. August 31st is the last date for the submission of such application. The government is committed to protecting minorities, he said.
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Cong govt ended ‘darkness’ in 11 months of rule in T’gana: CM Revanth Reddy rebuts PM Modi's remark
Hyderabad (PTI): During the last 11 months, the Congress government in Telangana has reversed an air of gloom and despair under the previous BRS regime and ended the "darkness", Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said on Saturday.
He was responding to a post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that under Congress rule developmental trajectory and fiscal health is turning from bad to worse in Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana.
“I am happy to clarify several misconceptions and factual errors in your statements about my state and our government," Reddy said in his post.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday in a series of posts said the Congress stands "badly exposed" in front of people for promising to them what the party knows it will never be able to deliver.
“Every promise made by us to people is a sacred commitment for us. In the last 11 months, we have reversed an air of gloom & despair under BRS, and ended the darkness. Like a morning sun, Telangana is now Rising,” Reddy said in the post addressed to Modi.
Within two days of taking charge, the Telangana government fulfilled its first and second promise - free bus travel for women across all government buses, and a healthcare and hospitalisation cover of 10 lakhs under Rajiv Aarogyasree, the CM pointed out.
Even before completion of first year of rule, the Congress government has implemented India's largest ever, state-level farmer loan waiver of Rs 18,000 crore covering over 22 lakh farmers, he said responding to PM’s comments that in Telangana, farmers are awaiting the (loan) waiver they were promised.
Women get free electricity, with no domestic power charge for their homes up to 200 units, Reddy noted.
The CM also claimed that his government has held the largest recruitment drive and is regularly holding exams of all levels and provided jobs to over 50,000 eligible youth, a record “unmatched by any BJP state government.”
The CM said the government is rejuvenating River Musi, which was allegedly neglected by the previous government and protecting lakes and other precious water bodies, encroached upon and destroyed wantonly with abandon in the last 10 years.
