No State law on quota in pvt colleges: CM
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Chief Minister N Dharam Singh inaugurating Commerce and Industry in Hubli on Monday . VRL group chairman Vijay Sankeshwar, Ministers R V Deshpande, H K Patil, Basavaraj Horatti,S R Morey and others present.(VT Photo)

Hubli: Clarifying the State Government’s stand on admissions to professional courses in private colleges, Chief Minister N Dharam Singh on Monday reiterated that the State Government would wait till a Central legislation was passed. The State was not considering any legislation in this regard, he added.

Speaking to reporters at the airport here Dharam Singh said that the U nion Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh had already agreed to move a bill in the winter session to end the controversy once for all. Therefore, it would not be viable to pass another law in the State, h added. Singh ruled out any possible confrontation with the judiciary on the issue.

He said that a delegation would be taken to New Delhi, which would meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Arjun Singh, on Sept 1, to pursue the matter . The matter would also be raised at the meeting of chief ministers of all states to be held in first week of Sept, he added. No rethink on metro rail: On the objections raised by the former prime minister H D Deve Gowda on Bangalore Metro Rail project, Singh categorically stated that there was no rethink over the metro rail project. U nion ministry for Urban Development had given a green signal for the project, and assent of the Central Cabinet was awaited, he added.

Gowda’s queries would be addressed and the project would be commissioned by creating consensus among coalition partners, Singh asserted. The coalition government had performed well in the last one year , he claimed.

On the compensation for flood hit areas of North Karnataka, the CM said that the PM and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar had assured that aid would be given to the State on the lines of the tsunami relief model. The State would monitor relief measures so that each victim was benefited, he added.