PM Modi has time for everything but Manipur: Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi, Jun 30: The Congress Sunday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "not finding time" yet to visit conflict-torn Manipur, with party general secretary Jairam Ramesh recalling the "drama" around Chief Minister N Biren Singh's resignation last year.
"Exactly a year ago, a big resignation drama was staged in Imphal," Ramesh said in a post on X, sharing a photograph of Singh's torn resignation letter.
"The agony and anguish of Manipur continue. The non-biological PM has time for everything else but visiting the troubled state or even talking to its elected representatives face-to-face," he said.
Manipur has been on the boil since May last year as ethnic violence broke out after a march by Kuki tribals in the hill districts to protest against the valley-dominant Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribes status.
At the peak of ethnic clashes in Manipur last year, Singh had come close to resignation in June, but was stopped by his supporters from quitting.
Hundreds of women had formed a human chain and stopped him from going to the Governor's House to tender his resignation. The resignation letter was also torn by them.
The Congress won both the seats in Manipur -- Outer Manipur and Inner Manipur -- in the recent Lok Sabha elections.
Since then, more than 220 people from both the communities as well security personnel have been killed. A BJP-led government has been in power in the state since 2017.
Exactly a year ago, a big resignation drama was staged in Imphal. The agony and anguish of Manipur continue. The non-biological PM has time for everything else but visiting the troubled state or even talking to its elected representatives face-to-face. pic.twitter.com/HNwWASpck8
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) June 30, 2024
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KMF achieves milestone of procurement of one crore litres of milk a day: CM Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, Jul 2: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said the Karnataka Milk Federation -- known for its 'Nandini' brand of dairy products -- has achieved a milestone of procuring one crore litres of milk a day from farmers.
“The milk production in Karnataka was 90 lakh litres a day in May last year. Now, the KMF is getting one crore litres of milk a day. This is a milestone in the history of KMF,” Siddaramaiah said.
He recalled that when he was the Animal Husbandry Minister many years ago, he had handed over management of dairies to milk unions.
The Chief Minister said the State now has 15 milk unions, 15 mother dairies and 16,000 societies of milk growers.
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He said the quantity of milk in half and one litre milk packets of 'Nandini" has been increased by 50 ML due to the rising milk procurement, and proportionately prices were increased by Rs two recently.
“Due to the increase in milk production, we have increased the milk quantity in the packets. This has been done because we cannot say to the milk growers, who are basically farmers, that we cannot procure extra milk they are producing,” Siddaramaiah explained.
He said the opposition BJP did not understand this and started making a hue and cry that the Karnataka government increased the milk price.
“The BJP leaders are spreading lies on this issue because I feel that they have no concern for farmers. The government is giving Rs 5 crore a day to the milk producers as honorarium, which is Rs 1,800 crore annually,” the Chief Minister added.
ಕೆಎಂಎಫ್ ಮೊಟ್ಟ ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ಕೋಟಿ ಲೀಟರ್ ಹಾಲನ್ನು ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸಿ ನಾಡಿನ ಹೈನುಗಾರಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಸದೊಂದು ದಾಖಲೆ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದೆ. ಈ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸಾಧನೆಯ ಸಂಭ್ರಮಾಚರಣೆ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಂಡು ಗೋಪೂಜೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿ, ಸಾಧನೆಯ ಹಿಂದಿನ ಶಕ್ತಿಯಾಗಿರುವ ನಾಡಿನ ರೈತಾಪಿ ವರ್ಗಕ್ಕೆ ಧನ್ಯವಾದ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದೆ.#ನಂದಿನಿಹಾಲು #NandiniMilk #KMF pic.twitter.com/qNBq2GT3EK
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) July 2, 2024
