Union Govt Playing Politics Announcing Relief for Kodagu Flood – Krishna Byre Gowda
Udupi: Krishna Byre Gowda the state Minister for Rural Development, Law and Parliamentary Affairs on Monday slammed the union government for not announcing any relief funds for the floods in Kodagu.
Addressing the reporters at the Congress Bhavan Udupi, Krishna Byre Gowda said, “The people of Kodagu have already felt that they are neglected, the union government has hurt the feeling of Kannadigas and also the Kodava people. The central government should keep aside political differences and announce compensation for Kodagu district”.
Replying to the query that Karnataka Public Works Department (PWD) minister H D Revanna’s video of throwing biscuit packs on Sunday at the people who lost their houses and crops due to rain and floods, Krishna Byre Gowda said, “I don’t have any information on this matter. Without having any information it is not correct to reply on the issue. It may have happened accidentally”, he said.
When reporters asked about Karnataka Public Works Department (PWD) minister H D Revanna being more active then chief minister Kumaraswamy, Krishna Byre Gowda said that only the media is in confusion about the chief minister. There is no confusion in our cabinet about the chief minister. Revanna is working actively in the cabinet which is true, but he is not the chief minister and it is clear, he said.
Earlier he addressed the party workers and asked the party workers to expose the doublespeak of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state as well as the nation. The party workers should highlight the failures of the Union government during the last 4 years. The Union government has failed on all fronts. “It’s our responsibility to expose the misdeeds of the BJP”, he said.
Krishna Byre Gowda also said that all sections of the society including farmers, youth, dalits, businessmen, students and ex-servicemen are feeling betrayed and let down by the Narendra Modi government.
Agriculture minister Shivashanker Reddy, former ministers Vinay Kumar Sorake, Pramod Madhwaraj, District Congress president Janardhan Tonse and others were present.