No funds for opening six medical colleges: Siddaramaiah
Chikkamagaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said that he had announced setting up six medical colleges in the state in the 2017-18 budget but due to shortage of funds, the government is finding it tough to start the medical colleges.
Speaking to reporters here, the chief minister said, “Five agricultural universities and a horticultural varsity are functioning in the state. There is a proposal before the state government for a horticultural university at Mudigere. An appropriate decision on the issue will be taken soon.”
To a query of banning organisations, he said, “I have never said that the government would ban RSS or other organisations in the state. I had earlier, in my speeches, said that stringent action would be taken against the organisations which create communal tension, Siddaramaiah clarified.
The Congress party manifesto and Vision 2025 are being prepared. Based on the manifesto and Vision 2025, the government will formulate new programmes soon, he said.
Siddu is honest enough to admit the truth. That habit of opening med colleges started in 1980 when MS Ramah med college Kemp Gowda Med college and Ambedkar med college were given permission by the late Dev Raj Urs got. Rumor was rife that 2 Crore Rs had changed hands for each permission. Subsequently it was Gundu Rao who permitted at Tumkur Kolar and Raichoor. Rama Krishna Hedge permitted Dharmasteal College at Hubli and Bagalkot med college. Remote corners like Chitra drugs Shimoga also got colleges. It became a dreaded malady. Siddu would have promised got med colleges. Obviously they… Read more »