Cong workers asked to bring party back to power

Cong workers asked to bring party back to power
Udayavani News

Hubli, September 26: Chief Minister N Dharam Singh on Monday asked Congress workers to bring the party back to power describing it as a "party which had striven for all sections of society."

Addressing the Dharwad District Congress workers' convention, he asked the workers to be ready for Zilla and Taluk Panchayat polls which were due.

Reiterating government's commitment to implementing late Dr Nanjundappa's report on regional imbalances, Singh said the government had decided to set up circuit benches in Hubli/Dharwad and Gulbarga and Women's University in Bijapur in this direction.

To combat flood situation in North Karnataka, the government has released Rs 400 odd crores for relief works in these districts, he said.

Singh said in the recently held Gram Panchayat polls, out of 90402 members who were elected, over 50,000 belong to the Congress and appealed to the workers to strengthen the hands of the party.

Water Resource Minister and KPCC president Mallikarjun Kharge, who also said, it was the S M Krishna government which initiated the midday meals programme in schools as a move to spread literacy.

He assured that all efforts would be made to solve the persisting drinking water problem in the twin cities of Hubli/Dharwad.

Singh said he would be visiting New Delhi soon to impress upon the Centre to release flood relief assistance on the lines of Tsunami relief sought by the State.

Singh said an amount of Rs 491 crore had been released for providing infrastructure facilities in Bangalore International Airport, work on which was already in progress.