Kumaraswamy asks Cong leaders to stay with him in Village homes

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Bangalore, May 15 (UNI) Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today challenged the leaders belonging to opposition Congress to stay with him in villages and study the problems of people instead of engaging themselves in criticising his administration.

Speaking to newspersons here, he said though he was in office for the last 15 months, he had toured the state extensively and except three, he had covered all the districts.

Wherever he went he had disused the problems of the people and made sincere efforts to resolve them. Congress leaders, who had 'rich experience' in running the administration, should accompany him to study the problems at the grass root level, he added, saying that he was ready to provide all necessary facilities during their stay in villages.

Referring to the 'charge sheet' submitted by the Congress to Governor T N Chaturvedi yesterday, in which the leaders had explained about the draught situation in the state, he said +Congress was facing 'political draught' and only the people of Karnataka could tackle it.+ "I have never mixed politics or take police protection to meet people in villages," he added.

He said he was not helpless as alleged by Congress leaders but was only discussing seriously about the state of helplessness felt by the people during the rule of those leaders who ruled them for over 50 years, he ridiculed Congress indirectly.

Meanwhile the Chief Minister held a meeting of leaders from Kodagu district with regard to encroachment of forest lands and said a meeting of forest and revenue department had been convened tomorrow to discuss the issue. He would also write to the Centre soon requesting it to amend the existing Act to prevent largescale encroachment of forest land.

On the Karnataka Open University controversy, he clarified that he had never rebuked Vice Chancellor Sudha Rao. Instead he had only told her to solve the problems of the daily wage workers, keeping in view the humane angle.

UNI

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