It’s ‘Bombay Mittai’, ridicules CM Kumaraswamy
Central Budget 2019-20
Bengaluru, Feb 1: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy ridiculed that the central government has failed to meet the expectations of the people and this budget was like cotton candy or Bombay mittai (Panji Mittai).
Speaking to reporters at his Home Office Krishna on Friday, the Chief Minister said that he does not know whether the Budget was prepared by the Finance Ministry officials or prepared at the RSS or BJP office. When the Congress-JDS coalition government announced the Rs 48,000 crore farm loan waiver, Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed it as ‘lollipop’.
Now, he has said that the central government has announced a programme to give Rs 6,000 each annually for a farmer family of 12 crore farmers families in the country, for which Rs 75,000 crore was earmarked. If the Budget announcement was implemented, total 59 lakh farmers of the state would get Rs 3,579 crore.
But when he had announced the loan waiver, the same central government leaders and the PM have criticized it saying that the Kumaraswamy government has given lollipop. Is the central government giving cotton candy now, he asked.
Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the centre has done nothing for the farmers for the last five years. Since it was the election year, people expected that it could announce good programmes for the farmers. But all expectations were failed, he said.
It was expected that the slab for income tax limit could be increased from existing Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh. The NDA government has announced it on the last days of its tenure. The interim budget of the central government has completely failed.
They have put pressure on giving approval to Bengaluru Sub-urban train and the BJP leaders have said that they would prevail upon the centre to give approval and necessary assistance.But nothing was announced.
Total 17 BJP Lok Sabha Members were elected from the state. He would like to congratulate the BJP MPs for bringing various programmes to the state in the last five years, he ridiculed.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
