Minister Kimmane sets another example...
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore
Bangalore, Oct 5: Karnataka primary and secondary education minister Kimmane Ratnakar Hegde, who was in national news for his bravery news in jumping into the water to rescue an accident-hit family in Shimoga last month, has once again set an example to his below cabinet colleagues as well as to those who believe in enjoying life at government's expenses!
Minister Kimmane has politely declined to take a delegation and his family members to Seoul, South Korea tour to attend a government level conference. The chief minister has approved a trip for minister Kimmane along with his delegation and family members, but to avoid unwanted expenses from the government treasury, the minister decided to travel alone.
It is the custom (and a habit too!) for ministers and top post holders of any government to travel along with wife, children, grandchildren, and nearest relatives abroad on government expense whenever the opportunity comes. There are very few people who decline such opportunities voluntarily.
But minister Kimane has once again becomes a role model to all such officers, and set an example of how government expenses can be saved by doing such good deeds.
The Minister's decision has received wide appreciation from intellectuals around the state.
When daijiworld asked the minister if he wouldn't like to take at least his wife along, he said, "If she is willing to come she can accompany me, but at my own cost, not with government money," he said.
Hope many more ministers follow his example.