Slew of programmes for districts of JDS stronghold
Ramanagara, Hassan, Mysuru, Mandya get lion-share
Bengaluru, July 05: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy who holds the Finance portfolio announced a slew of programmes for the districts like Hassan, Ramanagara, Mysuru and Mandya, the JDS bastions in the Budget presented on Thursday.
In his maiden budget of the coalition government, the CM announced programmes worth over Rs 200 crore for Hassan district in the budget including Rs 50 crore to set up a mega dairy having a capacity of 15 lakh litre of milk in the Hassan Milk Federation, Rs 30 crore for super speciality hospital and outer ring road construction, Rs 70 crore to develop the district as a manufacturing hub of bathroom accessories and feeding Hemavathi river water to 160 tanks.
The CM also announced financial assistance for a private training institute to train tourist guides at Belur, construction of a star hotel and Rs 10 crore for modernizing the Hassan KSRTC unit and Rs 36 crore for the development of Channapatna tank in Hassan.
For Mysuru district, the CM announced Rs 3 crore to set up cocoons market at Mysuru, Rs 1 crore to set up a super speciality hospital for giving third stage treatment for heart, cancer and other diseases, Rs 200 crore to set up a new 450-bed hospital in Chamarajanagar Medical College and Rs 50 crore for supplying additional 300 MLD water from Cauvery river near Undavadi for 92 villages and Mysuru city.
A sum of Rs 30 crore was earmarked in the budget to upgrade the Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences into 800 bed hospital, Rs 5 crore to provide more facilities for the tourists at world famous Gagana Chukki- Bhara Chukki falls, Rs 30 crore for feeding the tanks in the district and providing drinking water to the villages in Mandya taluk from Lokapavani river and Rs 50 crore special package for the overall development of Mandya city.
In the same way, the CM announced to set up a new medical college at Kanakapura in Ramanagar district and Rs 40 crore was reserved to set up a 300-bed super speciality hospital. In order to encourage the tourist activities, it was planned to develop Arts and Crafts World Village near Ramanagara and Children’s World scheme at entrance of Kanva reservoir with the private partnership, he announced.
He also announced that Rs 30 crore was reserved to open a Film University with private partnership. Along with this, he also announced Rs 40 crore for developing photography, editing, sound recording units, animation studios, computer graphics studios in Ramanagar Film City and encouraging the industries which support the film industry, he said.
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Sanjay Raut demands re-election, alleges irregularities in EVMs during Maharashtra polls
Mumbai, Nov 25: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday demanded a re-election in Maharashtra using ballot papers, claiming there were irregularities with the electronic voting machines (EVMs).
Talking to reporters, Raut alleged several complaints about EVMs malfunctioning and questioned the integrity of the recently held elections.
The BJP-led Mahayuti won 230 out of 288 seats in the assembly elections, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi managed 46 seats, with Shiv Sena (UBT) winning just 20 out of 95 seats it contested.
"We have received nearly 450 complaints regarding EVMs. Despite raising objections repeatedly, no action has been taken on these issues. How can we say these elections were conducted fairly? Hence, I demand that the results be set aside and elections be held again using ballot papers," Raut said.
Citing some instances, he said a candidate in Nashik reportedly received only four votes despite having 65 votes from his family, while in Dombivli, discrepancies were found in EVM tallies, and election officials refused to acknowledge the objections.
The Sena (UBT) leader also questioned the credibility of the landslide victories of some candidates, saying, "What revolutionary work have they done to receive more than 1.5 lakh votes? Even leaders who recently switched parties have become MLAs. This raises suspicions. For the first time, a senior leader like Sharad Pawar has expressed doubts about EVMs, which cannot be ignored."
Asked about the MVA's poor performance in the elections, Raut rejected the idea of blaming a single individual.
"We fought as a united MVA. Even a leader like Sharad Pawar, who commands immense respect in Maharashtra, faced defeat. This shows that we need to analyse the reasons behind the failure. One of the reasons is EVM irregularities and the misuse of the system, unconstitutional practices, and even judicial decisions left unresolved by Justice Chandrachud," he said.
Raut stressed that though internal differences might have existed within the MVA, the failure was collective.
He also accused the Mahayuti of conducting the elections in an unfair manner.
"I cannot call the elections fair given the numerous reports of discrepancies in EVMs, mismatched numbers, and vote irregularities across the state," Raut said.
