Karnataka govt to showcase 3-year achievements at Tumakuru convention: Minister Parameshwara
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Monday said the state government would hold the 'Pragatiyatta Karnataka' programme in Tumakuru on May 19 to distribute beneficiary letters to 1,52,000 people and highlight the achievements of the Congress government after completing three years in office.
The event will take place on Tuesday at the Junior College Grounds in Tumakuru. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his deputy D K Shivakumar, Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda will take part in the event along with him.
Parameshwara, who reviewed preparations on Sunday, dismissed suggestions that the event in his home district was a show of strength, saying the programme was aimed at informing people about the implementation of government schemes and fulfilment of poll promises.
He also clarified that it was a government event and not linked to internal party matters or the Congress high command.
“We do not look at it from the perspective of a show of strength. We have to tell people that we have kept the promises we made to them and acted accordingly. That is what we are setting out to say,” Parameshwara told reporters in Bengaluru.
He said the convention would have two components, including distribution of letters to beneficiaries under the Revenue Department and programmes related to the conversion of revenue villages under municipal limits.
“A total of 152,000 beneficiaries will receive letters as part of the programme. We also have to inform people about what all we have done in these three years. The people of the state have the right to know that,” he said.
On speculation about the presence of party high command leaders, Parameshwara said, “This is entirely a government programme. It is not a party programme. We have not invited anyone from the high command.”
Regarding the government’s roadmap for the remaining two years of its term, he said the administration had already implemented most of its short-term commitments and would now focus on long-term infrastructure and irrigation projects.
“When we prepared this manifesto, we looked at it in terms of short-term and long-term plans. In the short term, we have carried out everything that had to be implemented within three years,” he said.
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Road crash in UP leaves 10 dead
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP) (PTI): Ten people were killed when a van collided head-on with a truck on the Sisaiya-Lakhimpur national highway on Monday, police said.
The van was going to Sisaiya from Lakhimpur when the accident took place between Unchgaon and Bharehta villages.
Circle Officer of Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh, said all nine passengers travelling in the van and the driver were killed.
District Magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri Anjani Kumar Singh told reporters that the van collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction, leading to nine casualties on the spot, while one succumbed to injuries at the district hospital.
Circle Officer, Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh told PTI, "Efforts are on to establish the identity of other deceased persons."
The seven of the deceased have been identified as Jaideep Singh (25), Pawan (23), Sohan (21), Ram Goyal (42), Sahajram (35), Pappu (18), all residents of Bahraich district and Adnan Khan (15), a resident of Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said.
Condoling the loss of lives in the accident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a post on X, said, "The loss of life in the unfortunate road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply distressing and heart-wrenching. My condolences are with the bereaved families."
"I have directed the local administration to provide prompt and adequate assistance to the injured and the victims. I pray to Lord Shri Ram to grant the departed souls a place at His divine feet and to bestow a speedy recovery upon the injured," Adityanath said on X.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak too condoled the loss of lives in the accident.
"The loss of lives resulting from the road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply tragic and heart-wrenching. My deepest condolences go out to the bereaved families," Maurya said.
