North Karnataka development is my responsibility: CM
Bengaluru, July 31: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that he would visit the districts in North Karnataka after a week as it was his responsibility to develop the region.
Speaking at the meeting of the activists of North Karnataka region at Vidhana Soudha here on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said that the BJP leaders would speak about North Karnataka till Lok Sabha election. It was a BJP strategy to win the Lok Sabha election. They were not in a position to digest his works done in just two months as the CM. He held a meeting with the farmers leaders of all the 30 districts. But BJP state president and Opposition Leader Yeddyurappa did not attend that meeting. Now, he was supporting the swamijis who have been fighting for separate North Karnataka state, he alleged.
Everyone would speak about separate North Karnataka. Where would you bring money for development if North Karnataka was made a separate state? Separate North Karnataka state was not possible, the CM said.
However, the agitators said that they were ready to work. But there was no sufficient power. The region was lagging in medical facilities. Many people from this region had become ministers. But it was lagging behind in development. The voice favouring separate state was not against this government. They have been fighting for this demand for a long time. The Suvarna Vidhana Soudha of Belagavi was inactive. At least for the administrative purpose, it should be revived, they demanded.
Later, Kumaraswamy told media persons that he had spent more time for North Karnataka in his village stay programme. He had stayed in total 35 villages. He had constructed Suvarna Vidhana Soudha at a cost of Rs 450 crore and conducted Sessions. He had decided to declare Belagavi as the second capital of the state. But the next governments did not take it into consideration. During 20-month tenure of his administration, he had given more importance to north Karnataka. The people of north Karnataka had shown love and affection on him. Of course, the JDS does not have its base in north Karnataka. He had asked majority to waive off the farm loans completely. But now, with 37 seats, he had formed the government with the Congress, he reiterated.
He had given funds to all divisions in the Budget. He had waived of Rs 6500 crore farm loans this time and reserved Rs 1000 crore for Bengaluru roads. But right from the first day, he was being counter attacked and tarnishing his image accusing him as he was against north Karnataka, which is not true, he said.
“I have to waive of Rs 4000 crore farm loan announced by the previous government. Recently, I have released Rs 1500 crore. This year, total Rs 18,000 crore farm loan would be waived off. In nationalized banks, there was Rs 37,000 crore loan along with the interest. I have just asked as to why you people are forgetting me during election time. I have not scolded the farmers. Now, the farmers leaders have been protesting against me. If I say anything, media people would write something. For this, I have introspected myself”.
- HD Kumaraswamy, Chief Minister
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
