Acceleration of Yettinahole project discussed with Deputy CM, says HM Parameshwara
Bengaluru: Home Minister of Karnataka Dr. G Parameshwara told reporters who met him outside his residence at Sadashivanagar on Monday that he had held discussions about accelerating the Yettinahole project with Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.
The Home Minister said that more funds and land were needed for the project. He clarified that up to 5,000 acres of land in Doddaballapur of Bengaluru North district were required to collect water under the project, but as 2,500 acres were under Koratagere constituency, the earlier government had stalled the work.
Discussions were held with the Deputy CM regarding lifting the ban as the district needs to be supplied water at least by 2025, he added.
Parameshwara also explained, “We have received permission to build an express canal from Gubbi to Kunigal in Tumakuru district, but the locals have objected to the work and it was important to raise the issue before the Deputy CM. Shivakumar said that the technical committee of the Irrigation Department will conduct a survey and submit its report, after which, the work can be continued.”
When asked to comment on the statement made by BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, who claimed that a ‘great leader’ having Rs 1,000 crore was waiting to become the Chief Minister of Karnataka, the Home Minister said, “I have never seen an amount of that high level in my life. Where is the amount kept, meant to destroy the current government, only Yatnal can answer.”
Parameshwara, however, admitted that the matter would require investigation. Filing a suo motu case too would be considered if necessary.
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UDF will have huge win in Kerala, NDA won't open its account: Cong leader Satheesan
Kochi (PTI): Senior Congress leader V D Satheesan on Friday expressed confidence in a huge win by the UDF, claiming it will make a clean sweep in five districts, and brushed aside speculations that the NDA will open its account in Kerala.
Satheesan, speaking to reporters here a day after the conclusion of the Assembly polls, praised the performance of the UDF leaders and workers during the election, saying it was the best ever he has seen in the last 30 years.
He said that his claims of the UDF getting over 100 seats is not a mere statement, but based on the work the front has done during the last five years to bring back all those who had left it in 2005 and as a result, there was a huge wave in its favour in the state.
The leader of opposition in the state assembly, who contested from the Paravoor constituency, further said that the Congress-led front also had a major social backing from minorities and marginalised groups in the society.
Besides that, there was an anti-incumbency feeling among the people who were disappointed with the LDF rule, he claimed and said that the UDF provided them with a hope and an alternative which no other opposition had done in the past.
"All these factors will contribute to a huge win for the UDF and it would not be surprising if we make a clean sweep in Malappuram, Wayanad, Ernakulam, Idukki and Pathanamthitta districts. That is a total of 43 seats," he said.
According to him, the polling percentage increased because the UDF got people added to the electoral list.
He also brushed aside the LDF remarks about a woman or youth CM, saying that "they can make such statements now as they know they cannot win".
"Otherwise, why did they campaign with Pinarayi Vijayan as the main factor. Why did they say a third Pinarayi rule will come?" he asked.
He also claimed that the LDF's decision to spend government money on its political campaign, by putting up hoardings and carrying out social media programmes to sway voters, has also backfired as people realised that their taxes were being wasted like that.
Asked whether the NDA will open its account, especially in areas where the UDF claimed the BJP-led front had made a deal with the LDF, Satheesan replied in the negative.
He said that as of now he does not see any chance of the NDA opening its account in the state.
