Session in Belgaum an annual affair: Kumaraswamy

Belgaum, Sept 28: A session of the Karnataka legislature here will be an annual affair henceforth, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said here today.

The session aimed to bring harmony between marathi and kannada speaking pupulation besides helping in removing the feeling of regional imbalance in the state, he said during the occasion of address by Governor T N Chaturvedi to the special session to mark the golden jubilee of state formation.

He said the state government had taken decision to convene the special session not only to impress the union government to implement the Mahajan Commission report on border dispute but also remove the feeling of the people of the region of neglecting in terms of developmental activities.

He said his government, which was formed with one point programme of 'Development', would strive to achieve all-round and comprehensive development of the state giving equal focus to all the region and all sections of the people.

Mr Kumaraswamy informed the members of both Assembly and Council that a permanent structure for holding the session in Belgaum would be built and expressed confidence that it would help to bring amity between Marathi and Kannada speaking people living in the border of Maharashtra.

He said the policies and developmental works would be guided by the recommendations of the Dr Nanjundappa Committee report which had dealt with the issue of removing regional imbalance and also suggestions to achieve the goal of overall development of the state.

The chief minister also referred about the initiative the coalition government had taken to give more focus of the region including establishment of Engineering University, Women University, completion of major Irrigation projects and also giving focus on IT and BT in Northern Karantaka.

UNI