Daijiworld Media Network - Karkala (SP)

Karkala, Oct 10: Union minister for law and justice, M Veerappa Moily, will be visiting the town on Monday October 12. He will take part in a conference of Congress workers to be held that day at 10.30 am, at the local Manjunath Pai Hall.

MLA H Gopal Bhandary gave this information at a press conference held here on Friday October 9.  "As Moily will be on his maiden visit to the taluk after becoming the union minister, we will accord him a fitting welcome. Plans were afoot to hold this programme since a month, on a grand scale. But, because of the grief and pain inflicted by the rains and floods at several parts of the state, the programme will be simple," he explained.

He revealed that the party has decided that the well-wishers and fans should not spend money on garlands and other such things to show their respect to the visiting minister. Instead, they should donate the money they would have otherwise spent on these things, to the Flood Relief Fund, he said, and asked the people to cooperate with the party in executing this decision.

Bhandary came down heavily on the state government for affecting transfer of officials without rhyme, reason or system. He charged the government of converting the transfer issue into business that has also cast its shadow on the government offices in the taluk. The haphazard transfer of officials indicates that corruption has played a role behind these transfers, he noted. The government has become bankrupt, and has been unable to disburse salary to the government primary school teachers since the last four months, he charged. "I had never seen such a government that is devoid of any dignity," he said.

Block Congress president Aveline Louis, municipal president Subhit N R, party spokesman Bipinchandrapal and many others were present.