I’m committed to implement all promises made in manifesto: HDK
“Priority to be given to farmers issues”
Bengaluru, June 4: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that besides finding permanent solutions to the farmers problems, he would implement various other programmes to improve the education system in the state.
After being felicitated at a programme at National College auditorium at Jayanagar in the city on Monday, Kumaraswamy said that nothing is impossible for the coalition government. He would ensure good governance by checking unnecessary expenses, he exuded confidence.
Some opponents alleged that the development of Bengaluru city would be hampered if farm loan is waived off. But he is committed to fulfill all promises made during the election in the manifesto. At any cost, he would implement his promises, he said.
“I am the servant of the people of this state. I tell you the truth that I am still in the consideration of the Congress. I would not have become the Chief Minister if I didn’t have the support of the Congress. But my opponents have spread false propaganda that former PM Deve Gowda and myself are under pressure”, he said.
Teachers appointment was not happened in the last ten years. As a result, there is a shortage of over 23000 teachers. The government itself has been giving more than Rs 700 crore to the education institutions. But they take donations, he said to another question.
Farmers problems are his priority
BJP leaders have been calling for state bandh demanding farm loan waiver. He was not given time to breath. He would need the cooperation of the Congress leaders as well, because he has become the Chief Minister with the Congress help. But he would not shirk from his words. By maintaining the financial discipline, he would waive off the farm loans, he said.
In the last one week, 20 farmers have committed suicide. Nothing could be achieved by committing suicide. All problems would have solutions. Come to the third floor of the Vidhana Soudha and he would solve the problems, he said.
No unnecessary expenses
“If I travel in special flight, it would cost Rs 40 lakh. If it is common flight, it would cost just Rs 75,000. Except emergency situations, I would not prefer special flights. News is doing round in the media about purchasing new cars. But they were not purchased during my tenure. He has cancelled the purchase of 20 cars from the BDA. I am not using the government car. I am paying for the diesel for my own car. Such changes are being brought into my administration”, he said.
National Education Society Karnataka president Dr AH Rama Rao, vice president YG Madhusudhan, secretaries Dr T Sadananda Mayya and Prof SN Nagaraj Reddy, treasurer CR Jayachandra Shetty and others were present.
“Private education institutions have made the education as a business. There was no law to prevent taking donations. So, the poor are being deprived of education. In order to bring in changes in the government education institutions, the government has to take a decision to ensure quality education to the poor”, said Kumaraswamy.
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IndiGo crisis enters day 7; 127 flights cancelled from Bengaluru
Mumbai (PTI): Flight disruptions at IndiGo entered the seventh day as the crisis-hit carrier cancelled 127 flights from Bengaluru Airport on Monday, a source said.
In another development, aviation safety regulator DGCA in an order on Sunday late evening extended the time by Monday 6 pm for IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers and Chief Operating Officer and Accountable Manager Isidro Porqueras to submit reply to its show cause notice over the ongoing disruptions in the airline’s operations.
In the notices issued to Elbers and Porqueras on Saturday, the regulator said the large-scale operational failures pointed to significant lapses in planning, oversight, and resource management, and asked them to submit their replies within 24 hours.
IndiGo has cancelled 127 flights, including 65 arrivals and 62 departures from Bengaluru Airport, the source said.
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The Gurugram-based airline, partially-owned by Rahul Bhatia, has been facing heat from both the government and the passengers for cancelling hundreds of flights since December 2, citing regulatory changes in the pilots' new flight duty and regulations norms, which resulted in lakhs of passengers getting stuck at airports pan-India.
For the first three days the airline failed to acknowledge the huge number of cancellations and it was only Friday when it cancelled 1,600 flights (Friday), a record in Indian aviation history that CEO Elbers released a video apologising for the major inconvenience caused to passengers due to the disruptions.
In the message, he admitted that the airline was cancelling a large number of flights, but did not mention that it would cancel 1,600 flights on that particular day.
The new norms, applicable for all domestic carriers, have come into force in two phases - July 1 and November 1 this year.
IndiGo has already temporarily secured major relaxations in the second phase norms till February 10.
The latest FDTL norms, which entail increased weekly rest periods to 48 hours, extended night hours, and limiting the number of night landings to only two, as against six earlier, were initially opposed by domestic airlines, including IndiGo and Tata Group-owned Air India.
But they were subsequently rolled out by the DGCA following the Delhi High Court's directives, albeit with a delay of over one year, in a phased manner, and with certain variations for airlines like IndiGo and Air India.
The norms were originally to be put in place from March 2024, but airlines, including IndiGo, sought a step-by-step implementation, citing additional crew requirements.
