KPCC spokesperson M Lakshmana addressing reporters at Madikeri recentlyalleged that the centre is treating Karnataka in a step motherly manner.
He said that though Karnataka stands second in the country in tax collection, the share given by the centre to the state is not proportionate.
He said that for every Rs 100 tax collected and submitted by the centre, only 13 paise share is given by the centre. This is the height of injustice,Lakshmana lamented. He also released the statistics during the occasion.
Considering the size of the union budget, the Centre should have given Rs one lakh crore tax share to the state, Lakshamana said and added that the debt by the Centre was Rs 53.11 lakh crore in 2014 but has now reached Rs 173 lakh crore.
He also alleged that the Centre has waived off Rs 20.50 lakh crore loans by capitalists. The state has incurred a loss of Rs 35,000 crore due to the drought as per the experts from the Centre. However, the Centre has still not released the amount.
Meanwhile, Lakshmana accused some forces of using Mandya as the laboratory of communalism.
Members of State Human Rights Commission interact with Yarava community…listen to the grievances
Members of the State Human Rights Commission including Chairman Justice L Narayanaswamy, members S K Vantigodi and T Sham Bhatt interacted with recently with poor and shelterless Yarava community families at Balugodu in Bittangala Gram Panchayat GP) limits.
The community members do not have sites, houses, and proper drinking water supply, and electricity and transport facilities. They have been residing in tarpaulin huts.
Speaking during the occasion Justice Narayanaswamy urged the families to educate their children by admitting them to residential schools and added that children should be provided education as it brings in change.
Shobha, a community member, said that they were eking out a living through daily wage work. In the last six months, they have been residing on this paisari land in huts and have no sites. We spend sleepless nights with the fear of snakes entering the huts, she added.
Members complained that the 5-kg rice distributed through PDS is not sufficient and added that they have to walk a kilometre to fetch a pot of water. The authorities should earmark sites and help in constructing houses, they added.
Commission Member SK Vantigodi said the water will be supplied through tankers immediately.
ITDP officer Honne Gowda said steps will be taken to admit children to residential schools and added that a proposal will be submitted for constructing houses for Yarava community members.
Taluk Panchayat EO Appanna and Bittangala GP PDO Vishwanath said a decision on sites will be taken in the gramsabha.
The Commission Chairman Narayanaswamy accepted grievances from the public. Earlier, he spoke about the huge development disparities in the country. He also said that India is making a mark in space science by successfully launching Chandrayaan but people still reside in huts without any basic amenities.He said that we need to introspect whether the country has progressed.
He said basic amenities should be ensured to the Yarava community members at Balugodu and added that about 5% of the government schemes have not reached the needy. Commission member S K Vantigodi said there is a violation of when we notice the statusof Yarava haadi. The public urged the commission to solve the problems at Morarji Desai Residential School at Arji.
Bus hits scooter…woman dies
A pillion rider identified as Lalitha (53) of Siddapur died after the two-wheeler was hit by a KSRTC bus, on the highway at Guddehosur recently. It is reported that she was an employee ofaresort. Her daughter Sinchana, who was riding the two-wheeler is severely injured and has been admitted to Mysuru district hospital. The bus was bound for Mysuru from Madikeri. A case has been registered by rural police.
Upcoming election will feature a battle between Hanuman and Tipu bhakts…MLC
Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Kota Srinivas Poojary speaking during the installation ceremony of the Kodagu district IUP president and district special executive committee meeting of the party recently said that the upcoming elections will feature a battle between Hanuman and Tipu bhakts
The MLC said that earlier terrorists would talk of dividing the Nation and added that now, a Member of the Parliament from Congress D K Suresh has spoken such a thing. I initially thought CM Siddaramaiah would take him to task but he has taken a soft stand on Suresh, he added.
Poojary said that the CM had told that he will accept the caste census by the backward classes’ commission headed by H Kantharaj. However, he extended the tenure of the commission overnight.
He said even Siddaramaiah, who had stated that he would not wear ’tilak’ and that Sri Rama is an imaginary person, has now raised the Jai Shree Ram’ slogan. This is the achievement of PM Narendra Modi, Kota added. Speaking to the reporters earlier, Poojary said “D K Suresh’s statement reflects the Congress culture. While Rahul Gandhi is saying “Bharat Jodo’, his party leaders are up to dividing the Nation. Congress never joins. Its policy is to divide,” he added.
