No one can shake government: CM Kumaraswamy
‘Action against babus who fail to follow orders’
Mysuru, September 11: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that as the coalition government was stable and strong, no one could able to shake it.
Inaugurating the cultural forum of the Maharani Women’s Arts College here on Tuesday, the CM said that the news that the coalition government was shaking was the creation of media. Media have been publishing false news by listening to some people. Only he knew how strong the government was. Don’t create confusion among people by publishing fake news. No one could able to shake the Congress-JDS coalition government in the state, he said.
“Chief Minister position may go. Power is not eternal. But what we do is more important. I am committed to work for the overall development of the state. Your reports would cause lethargic attitude among officials. Thinking that the government will not survive for long time, the officials will not listen to the words of the ministers and MLAs. So, media should not allow this development to happen”, he said.
The news that ten MLAs from Congress would go to BJP and they were in Hyderabad was just a fake news. You people write that the coalition government will collapse during Gowri Ganesh festival by listening to the words of some vested interests. Later, you say by Gandhi Jayanti and Dasara. Don’t create confusion among people for somebody’s political gains, he told media people.
No link between development and loan waiver
“The reports that I have waived off the farmers loans in the development funds are not true. A sum of Rs 2.18 lakh crore was earmarked in the budget for the development works in different departments. I have not waived off the farmers loans from this amount. I have been using the tax amount for loan waiver. Every month the government has been repaying the amount for cooperative department. For nationalized banks, the government has asked four installments. Some people have been doing politics in that too. The loans of the nationalized banks will be cleared well in advance”, he said.
Strict measure to check leakage of tax money
The Chief Minister said that the government would take stringent measures to check the leakage of tax money and collect the due tax amount.
Action against officials who ignore government orders
The Chief Minister warned the officials of taking strict action against them if they ignore the government orders or directions and against those who neglect in implementing the government directions effectively. If the officials neglect development works because of the media reports that the government would collapse at any time, he would take stringent action against them. The government was safe and strong. There was no threat to it. He has been observing all the 30 districts and act against the officials who fail to discharge their duties efficiently, he warned.
“Only the officials who work honestly and efficiently will get protection. No casteism and relationship. Only development is important for me. Officials have to follow the new programmes to be taken up in the interests of the state. So, if the officials neglect the development works, they will have to face the music”, the CM said.
Chamarajnagar MLA L Nagendra presided over the programme, in which Higher Education and Mysuru district minister GT Deve Gowda, Tourism Minister SR Mahesh, MLC Marithibbe Gowda, ZP president Nayima Sultana Nazeer Ahmed, principal Prof CH Prakash, lecturers Prof HM Basavaraj, Dr Vijayalakshmi, Dr Vijay and others were present.
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Why remove Mahatma Gandhi's name, asks Priyanka on move to replace MGNREGA
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday slammed the government over its move to change the name of MGNREGA, asking what is the government's intention behind removing the name of Mahatma Gandhi who is the tallest leader not just in India but in the world.
A bill to repeal the MGNREGA and bring a new law for rural employment -- Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025 -- is set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha. According to a copy of the bill, it seeks to introduce the VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, in Parliament and repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) of 2005.
Asked about the government's move, Priyanka Gandhi said, "Whenever the name of a scheme is changed there are so many changes that have to be made in offices, stationery... for which money is spent. So, what is the benefit, why it is being done?"
"Why is Mahatma Gandhi's name being removed. Mahatma Gandhi is considered the tallest leader not just in the country but in the world, so removing his name, I really don't understand what is the objective? What is their intention?" she told reporters in Parliament House complex.
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"Even when we are debating it is on other issues not the real issues of the people. Time is being wasted, money is being wasted, they are disrupting themselves," Priyanka Gandhi added.
The bill aims at establishing a "rural development framework aligned with the national vision of Viksit Bharat 2047", by providing a statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work.
The bill has been listed in the Lok Sabha in the supplementary list of business issued on Monday.
Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in the statement of purpose of the Bill, said MGNREGA has provided guaranteed wage-employment to rural households over the past 20 years.
However, "further strengthening has become necessary in view of the significant socio-economic transformation witnessed in the rural landscape driven by widespread coverage of the social security interventions and saturation-oriented implementation of major government schemes", he said.
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