Shiradi ghat road opened for vehicular movement
Uppinangadi, July 15: The Shiradi Ghat road of Mangaluru-Bengaluru national highway which was closed for almost five months for its repair, is open for vehicular movement from today.
In the second stage, total 12.38 km long road from Kempuhole to Addahole was developed as a concrete road for 8.50 mts width and MP Nalin Kumar Kateel inaugurated the road at Dundya on Sunday.
Ministers HD Revanna and UT Khader, MLAs Sanjeeva Matandoor, Harish Poonja, Rajesh Naik, HK Kumaraswamy, Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat president Meenakshi Shantigodu, former minister B Ramanath Rai and others were present.
The road was developed at a cost of Rs 74 crore. In order to develop the road, the traffic movement was banned on this road since January. As the road is inaugurated today, the motorists would enjoy the driving on the road.
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Kharge expresses regret over 'illiterate' remark, says he has highest of respect for Gujaratis
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New Delhi (PTI): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday expressed regret over his controversial statement calling the people of Gujarat "illiterate", and said he has always had and will continue to have the highest of respect for the people of the state.
In a post on X, the Congress president said, "Some remarks of mine in a recent election speech in Kerala are being deliberately misinterpreted. Even so, I express my sincere regret.
"It was never my intention to hurt the sentiments of the people of Gujarat for whom I have always had and will continue to have the highest of respect."
Kharge on Sunday had sparked a row during his Assembly poll campaign in Kerala, calling the people of Gujarat "illiterate" and claiming they were being "fooled" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
At the same time, Kharge said neither Modi nor Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan could fool the people of Kerala, describing them as "very clever and educated".
"Don’t misguide the people of Kerala. They are very clever and educated. Modiji, Vijayan, you both can fool people who are illiterate in Gujarat or other places, but you cannot fool the people of Kerala," the Congress chief had said.
He made the remark while alleging that both Modi and Vijayan were following the same path, with no difference between them except the parties they lead.
The BJP on Tuesday had demanded an apology from Kharge for his remarks, saying that the comment was "shameless, demeaning and utterly despicable."
Addressing a press conference here, senior BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to clarify whether they agreed with Kharge's statement.
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