Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressing a gathering at Gabbur village in Deodurg taluk of Raichur district on Sunday.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah has mentioned that the political destruction of the Congress has begun under the leadership of the former MP Rahul Gandhi, as the occasion was defeated in the lately concluded elections in States in the North-East of the nation.
He was addressing a gathering after laying basis stone for just a few tasks and inaugurating 220 tasks taken up at a value of ₹4,283 crore at Gabbur village in Deodurg taluk of Raichur district on Sunday.
“The Congress was involved in corruption when it was in power as it treated Karnataka as an Automated Teller Machine (ATM). Therefore, development works had taken the back seat. Was there any possibility of development of the State under the Congress rule?” he questioned.
He additionally criticised the Congress-Janata Dal(S) coalition authorities and mentioned that there was no improvement under the coalition authorities in the State. “People of the State should give full majority to the BJP to form the government and help implement development works for their welfare,” he mentioned.
Listing out tasks which have been carried out in the district, the Union Home Minister mentioned that the Modi authorities’s contribution in implementing new tasks in the district is immense. “A new airport for the district is coming up, besides the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT). The railway line between Ginigera-Raichur under 50-50 partnership and the 325-km express highway between Belagavi and Raichur are among the key projects that have been taken up by the Modi government in the district,” he mentioned.
“The former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa changed the name of Hyderabad Karnataka as Kalyana Karnataka and announced ₹5,000 crore for the Kalyana Karnataka Regional Development Board (KKRDB) for the development of the region,” he mentioned.
Mr. Shah lauded Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai for providng justice to all communities by giving reservation and mentioned that as per the new reservation components, the Scheduled Castes (left) have been given 6% reservation, Scheduled Castes (proper) 5.5%, Scheduled Castes (Touchable) 4.5% and Scheduled Castes (Others) 1%, whereas 2% every reservation has been given to Lingayats and Vokkaligas after shifting Muslims to EWS quota.
Union Minister Bhagawanth Khuba, Member of Parliament Raja Amareshwar Naik, Member of Legislative Assembly Shivanagouda Naik and Shivaraj Patil and others had been current.