Coordination Committee agrees for loan waiver
Bengaluru,July 1: The Coordination Committee of the JDS-Congress coalition government on Sunday gave a green signal for the Common Minimum Programme to waive off loans, invest Rs 1.25 lakh crore for irrigation, construct 20 lakh houses, and to create one crore jobs in the next five years.
In the Coordination Committee meeting chaired by its Chairman and former chief minister at Kumara Krupa Guest House here, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwara, Congress incharge in Karnataka KC Venugopal, JDS national general secretary and Coordination Committee convener Danis Ali were present.
The Coordination Committee approved the draft of the Common Minimum Programme Drafting Committee presented by its chairman M Veerappa Moily with some modifications.
Danis Ali said that the Committee has approved the draft presented by the Drafting Committee of the CMP with some changes and it was decided to publish those programmes in a booklet, he said.
Ali said that as the committee has approved the proposal of the loan waiver, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy would declare it in the Budget. It was also decided to reserve Rs 1.25 lakh crore for irrigation projects in the next five years, construct 20 lakh houses for the houseless people in next five years, to frame a new sports policy, give priority to skills development to create job opportunities and to create one crore jobs in next five years, he said.
It was also decided to continue the Arogya Karnataka programme, besides continuing all major programmes introduced by the previous Congress government. The loan would be waived off by maintaining the financial discipline. But there was no proposal to cut the funds for the departments, he said.
No discussion was held regarding the appointment of the chairmen to boards and corporations and cabinet expansion. As the Assembly Session would begin from Monday, the cabinet expansion could be taken place after the Session. If needed, the Legislative Party leaders of both the parties would convene a joint Legislative Party meeting to discuss the issues, he said.
The coalition government has not confusions and differences. But some vested interests have been trying to spread rumours against the government and the leaders, he said.
Guidelines for ministers
‘Both the Congress and JDS have decided to waive off the farm loans. There is no problem in coalition government. In today’s meeting, all issues were discussed. The Ministers should not give statements beyond their portfolios. The party would give guidelines to the ministers. Chief Whip would be elected through a constitutional way. So, I would give information on Monday evening’.
-KC Venugopal
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Brahmavar: Four arrested in Kotathattu murder case
Brahmavar: Police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of a 30-year-old man following a quarrel after a drinking party at Kotathattu Padukere in Brahmavar taluk.
The deceased has been identified as Santhosh Mogaveera, a resident of Padukere. The arrested accused are Darshan (21) of Parampalli Padukere, Kaushik (21) of Neeradi Jeddu, Sasthan Pandeshwar, and Ankit (19) and Sujan (21), both residents of Kotathattu Padukere. All four have been produced before the court.
According to the police, the incident occurred on the evening of December 14. Santhosh, along with Sachin, Chethan, Kaushik, Sujan and Darshan, had gone to a bar and later came to the Padukere Circle, where they had food and were conversing. During this time, an argument broke out between the groups over issues related to Santhosh’s family and alcohol consumption. The verbal altercation escalated, with the accused allegedly abusing Santhosh and assaulting him together.
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It is alleged that during the scuffle, Darshan struck Santhosh forcefully on the back of his neck with his hand, while Kaushik also assaulted him. Though others attempted to intervene and stop the fight, Santhosh collapsed at the spot.
He was later rushed to a private hospital in Brahmavar, where doctors declared him brought dead. A case has been registered at Kota Police Station in this regard.
Brahmavar Circle Inspector Gopikrishna, Kota Sub-Inspector Praveen Kumar T and Station SI Mantesh Jabha Gowda visited the spot and conducted an inspection. Further investigation is underway.
