Minister Zameer helps rain-hit Alleppey town people
500 quintal rice, 100 quintal sugar sent
Bengaluru, July 31: Food and Civil Supplies Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan sent 500 quintal rice and 100 quintal sugar and other materials to rain-hit Alleppey town in Kerala in his own cost.
Most of parts of Kerala were literally sunk in the water due to heavy downpour. Alappuzha district has been receiving heavy rains. People in Alleppey town are suffering as they have lost their homes due to flood situation. Along with rice and sugar, he also sent sambar powder to prepare food. As the MP of Alappuzha district and Congress incharge in Karnataka KC Venugopal appealed him to sent the food items, Zameer Ahmed had sent the food items in his personal cost on humanitarian ground, Zameer said in a press release.
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Test of democracy is king tolerates dissent, introspects: Nitin Gadkari
Pune, Sep 21: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said the biggest test of democracy is that the ruler tolerates even the strongest opinion against him, and it leads to introspection.
Writers and intellectuals should express themselves fearlessly, the senior BJP leader said at a book release function held at MIT World Peace University here on Friday.
"The biggest test of democracy is that the king tolerates the strongest opinion against him and introspects over it," he said.
In India, there is no problem of difference of opinion but "there is a problem of lack of opinion," the Road Transport and Highways Minister said.
"We are neither rightist, nor leftist. We are opportunists. It is expected from writers and intellectuals that they express their opinions without any fear," he added.
Gadkari also said that as long as untouchability and notions of social inferiority and superiority persist, the work of nation-building can not be said to be complete.
