Transition of power will be smooth and as expected: Yediyurappa

Gulbarga Jun 4 (UNI) Transition of power from JD(S) to BJP in the coalition set up in Karnataka will be smooth and as expected, Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said here today.

Talking to newsmen here he said Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy had indicated that handing over of Chief Ministership after 20 months to BJP would be as expected. Mr Yediyurappa said that he had spoken to the Chief Minister after remarks of Labour Minister Iqbal Ansari who had stated that some BJP MLAs favoured his continuance.

He said that despite government losing revenue to the tune of Rs.6000 crore due ban of arrack and lotteries and waiver of farm loans, the government there was no dearth of funds to carry out development works.

He said work on Airports in Bijapur, Hassan and Shimoga was on and the government was in the process of acquiring additional 125 acres for the Gulbarga airport. Once the land was acquired, the Airport Authority of India would approve the project.

He said the cabinet would announce compensation to sugarcane growers whose crop to the tune of 132,000 tonnes remained unharvested.

UNI