Revenue dept issues to be solved soon: Minister
Mangaluru, June 25: Housing and Urban Development Minister UT Khader said that he has directed the district incharge secretary and the deputy commissioner to submit a report on finding solutions to revenue issues like land conversion and other issues while constructing houses in the district.
Speaking to reporters after holding a meeting of elected representatives and officials at Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) at Mallikatte here on Monday, the Minister said that the officials would discuss on technical issues related to Revenue department on Tuesday. Both the officers would discuss with the organizations and give a report within next three days. Based on the report, he would try to solve the problems, he said.
Smart City- MD will be given free hand
Khader said that Mangaluru Smart City Project is being prepared to make it a model to the entire country, for which, people should also be smart and cooperate with the administration. The Managing Director of the Smart City Project would be given complete power to implement the project effectively and the officer was directed to convene a meeting once in 15 days on the progress of the project. The MD was also directed to recruit the human resources for the project. The Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) consultant would be kept in a constant vigil and SPV MD would be given power to carry out the project work. Once in a month, District Incharge Secretary and Deputy Commissioner should conduct the management meeting and while doing this, the City Corporation should be taken into consideration. Apart from this, district minister, Lok Sabha Members and MLAs would conduct the meeting to review the progress of the project, he said.
Linking roads from NH to be developed
It was planned to develop the linking roads from National Highway. In order to develop Thokkottu- Jeppinamogaru-Mahakalipaddu- Morgans Gate road as six lane or four lane, a delegation of Lok Sabha Member and elected representatives would meet the Railway Minister and appeal him for 50 per cent funds out of total funds required for the project. If the centre denied the funds, either state government or the city corporation would find solution to the problem, the Minister said.
MLC Ivan D’Souza, MLAs Vedavyas Kamath, Bharat Shetty, Mayor Bhaskar Moily, corporators Premananda Shetty, Shashidhar Hegde and others were present.
Chemical use to preserve fish: Truth will be out
When asked about using chemicals to prevent fish from deteriorating during transportation, Khader said that he would direct the concerned authorities to check the fact behind this issue. Steps would be taken to unfold the truth through the Deputy Commissioner.
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Bypolls: K'taka Cong Minority Abdul Jabbar chief resigns amid allegations of 'internal conspiracy'
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Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Congress Minority Department President K Abdul Jabbar announced his resignation from the post on Saturday, a day after a group of Muslim leaders accused members of their own party of "conspiring" to defeat the official candidate in Davanagere South.
Jabbar, an MLC, was an aspirant for the Congress ticket from the Davanagere South Assembly segment.
"It has been an honor for me to serve as Chairman of the KPCC Minority department and have worked to the best of my ability during assembly elections 2023 and followed by Parliament polls and many such occasions whenever the party needed the minority department and showed results. I have toured the entire state of Karnataka and worked to align the minorities with Congress values and principles. Most of it is available in the public domain," Jabbar has said in a letter to the party.
"Minority voters and minority office bearers are the backbone of our great Congress party and certainly deserve better," he said.
Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who is also the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President, confirmed Jabbar's resignation.
"I won't speak about this now, I have got some reports. The Minority President has submitted his resignation. I will verify things, I will seek a report from local leaders after that I will speak," he told reporters in response to a question on internal conspiracy.
A rift within the Karnataka Congress surfaced on Friday, a day after the bypolls to two Assembly constituencies in the state, as a group of Muslim leaders alleged a "conspiracy" by some of their own senior party leaders to defeat the official candidate in Davanagere South.
However, they asserted that despite efforts by some within to project that Congress "betrayed" Muslims, the party candidate Samarth Mallikarjun will win in Davanagere South, the constituency where the community has a significant presence.
They said the party finally named Samarth Mallikarjun as the candidate after considering all factors and taking all Muslim leaders into confidence. Despite this, a massive campaign, including from some within the party, projected the Congress as having "betrayed" the minorities by denying them tickets.
Chief Whip in the Legislative Council Saleem Ahmed, MLAs Rizwan Arshad, Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan, MLC Bilkis Bano, and other Congress leaders addressed a joint press conference on Friday, claiming an "internal conspiracy".
According to party sources, these Muslim leaders have also complained to AICC and state party leadership, alleging "internal sabotage" in Davanagere South.
Though the leaders did not name anyone, several party sources said their attack was directed at State Housing Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan and Jabbar among others.
Khan, who had openly demanded the Davanagere South ticket for a Muslim candidate, initially stayed away from campaigning in the constituency, citing his Kerala poll responsibilities.
However, he addressed a press meet with Samarth's father and Minister SS Mallikarjun at the request of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Jabbar too had not actively participated in the campaigning, despite hailing from Davanagere.
Bypolls for Davanagere South were held along with Bagalkot on Thursday. The election was necessitated following the death of sitting MLAs Shamanur Shivashankarappa and H Y Meti respectively. Samarth is the grandson of Shivashankarappa.
Muslim disgruntlement appears to be a concern for the Congress in Davanagere South. With 14 of the 25 candidates in the fray belonging to the community, there are apprehensions within the party about a split in votes, which could benefit the BJP.
Given its significant presence in the constituency, the Muslim community strongly demanded the Congress ticket for Davanagere South. Some party factions had opposed giving the ticket to the Shamanur family.
Although the Congress was successful in persuading rebel candidate Sadiq Pailwan to withdraw from the contest, he remained in the fray as the move came after the deadline for withdrawal of nominations.
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