"Vaccinate people in Karnataka free of cost from May 1": Former CM H D Kumaraswamy
Bengaluru, Apr 24: The Karnataka government should vaccinate people in the state free of cost as announced by some other states when the inoculation for everyone aged above 18 years commences nationwide from May 1, former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said here on Saturday.
"As the government has decided to vaccinate everyone above 18 years, I appeal (to the State government) to inoculate 6.5 crore people of the state, who are in financial distress, free of cost," Kumaraswamy tweeted.
He pointed out that Jharkhand, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Bihar and Sikkim have already announced free vaccination and the same should be done in Karnataka.
He said that in the current scenario,people will not get vaccinated if they are charged for it and so the government should announce that the shots would be administered free of cost to all those aged above 18 years, from May 1
"Already Rs 400 crore has been earmarked to purchase one crore doses of vaccine.
It will not be a burden to reserve Rs 2,000 crore for vaccines for a government, which has presented a budget of Rs 2.5 lakh crore," Kumaraswamy said.
The JD(S) leader claimed that he had given the advice on free vaccination one-and-half months ago to the government
"It will be a commendable decision to vaccinate everyone free of cost the way Pulse Polio vaccine was given," Kumaraswamy said.
ಮೇ ತಿಂಗಳ 1 ರಿಂದ 18 ವರ್ಷ ಮೇಲ್ಪಟ್ಟವರಿಗೆ ಕೊರೊನಾ ಲಸಿಕೆ ನೀಡಲು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರಕಾರ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡಿರುವ ತೀರ್ಮಾನದಂತೆ, ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಸಂಕಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿಲುಕಿರುವ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಆರುವರೆ ಕೋಟಿ ಜನತೆಗೂ ಉಚಿತವಾಗಿ ಲಸಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ನೀಡುವ ಮೂಲಕ ನೆರವಿಗೆ ಧಾವಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಮನವಿ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇನೆ.
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) April 24, 2021
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CM Siddaramaiah to withdraw all cases against pro-Kannada activists
Bengaluru, Jan 27 (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced on Monday that all cases registered against pro-Kannada activists will be withdrawn.
The CM was addressing a gathering at the unveiling of the 25-feet-tall bronze statue of Bhuvaneshwari, the goddess who represents the Karnataka state identity, on the premises of the Vidhana Soudha.
The statue of Bhuvaneshwari, which was sculpted at an approximate cost of Rs 21.24 crore is 41-feet-tall including the pedestal, and weighs around 31.5 tonne.
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While speaking at the event, although he acknowledged that one must love and embrace all languages, the CM said, in Karnataka, Kannadigas should follow the culture of speaking and interacting with “their brothers and other speakers” in Kannada.
“Instead of speaking incorrectly in other languages, we should speak our own language. In all our neighbouring states, the language spoken by the people of the respective state is sovereign. This should be practiced here, too,” said Siddaramaiah.
Insisting that everyone in the state should develop respect for the Kannada language, culture and art, the CM called for more learning and teaching of reading and writing Kannada.
“Only then will Kannada become the sovereign language,” he added.
