BSY day-dreaming to become CM: Siddaramaiah
“My fight is in favour of oppressed class”
Mandya, September 23: Clarifying that the coalition government was safe in the state and no one could able to topple it, former chief minister and coalition government coordination committee chairman Siddaramaiah ridiculed that BJP state president B.S Yeddyurappa was day dreaming to become chief minister.
Inaugurating the Kanaka Bhavan constructed on the premises of Kurubara Sangha in the city on Sunday, Siddaramaiah said that the BJP leaders were dreaming of getting power through back-door. BJP was in the opposition position as it has no majority. But it was day dreaming about forming the government for which they have planned to purchase MLAs. Where the BJP got so much of money, he asked.
No Congress MLA would leave the party. BJP should not come to power again in the state.
The coalition government was working for the people. When he was the chief minister, he had waived off the farm loans up to Rs 50,000. This government has also waived off the farm loans. Caste census was important to provide socio-economic, educational and political facilities. He would discuss with the Chief Minister on releasing the report of the caste census, he said.
No question of compromise
“I would not hesitate to say I am in favour Ahinda. My fight for the oppressed class will continue and there is no compromise in it. But the programmes I have implemented are not just restricted to Ahinda. Some people accuse me of favouring only Ahinda. What about the programmes like Anna Bhagya, Ksheera Bhagya, Loan waiver, Vidya Siri and other programmes? Didn’t all the communities get the benefits of these programmes”, he asked.
His government has constituted Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Development Authority, celebrated jayantis of Kempe Gowda, Bhageeratha, Rani Chennamma and others, made it compulsory to put up the portrait of Basavanna in the government offices and those programmes were not limited to just Ahinda class, he said.
Before this, he unveiled the name board of Kanakadasa Circle in front of the Kuruba hostel. Talented students were felicitated on the occasion. Shivananda Puri Swamiji of Kaginele Guru Peetha graced the occasion. Ministers C.S Puttaraju, Puttaranga Shetty, R. Shankar, MLC H.M Revanna, K.T Srikante Gowda, Former MLAs N. Cheluvaraya Swamy, P.M Narendra Swamy, K.B Chandrasekhar, Ramesh Babu, Bandi Siddegowda, M.S Atmananda, Mallajamma, M.K Somashekar, Former B.B.M.P Mayors M. Ramachandrappa and Venkatesh Murthy, ZP member Mari Hegde, Former member Huchhe Gowda, Kuruba Sangha district president K.M Nagaraj and others were present.
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Govt working on integrated farming models
New Delhi (PTI): The government is working on having integrated farming models that will also be beneficial for small farmers, Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Tuesday.
Chouhan, who is in charge of the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry, also mentioned about many crops being purchased at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) from farmers.
The minister was responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha.
Chouhan said the government has started work on having integrated farming models that would be helpful for small farmers also since the landholding with farmers is less in the country.
Generally, integrated farming models refers to bringing together different elements such as crops and livestock.
Meanwhile, the government is also taking various initiatives to promote alternative crops for tobacco farmers.
Chouhan said sugarcane and other crops are being used as alternatives to tobacco farming.
