From Our Special Correspondent

Daijiworld Media Network

Bengaluru, Feb 2: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will be leaving for Delhi on Monday, February 7, to meet Karnataka’s members of parliament and also legal experts on issues pertaining to the state.

Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru on Wednesday, February 2, he said he was impressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on Atma Nirbharata in financial system.

The Chief Minister held a consultation with retired IAS Officer M R Srinivasa Murthy, who is heading the panel to study the financial self-reliance and resource mobilization of State’s Road Transport Undertakings.

The meeting assumes significance in view of the department-wise consultations being held by the Chief Minister in preparation for the forthcoming annual budget preparations for the year 2022-23.

State Transport Department Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar Kataria, KSRTC Chairman Shivayogi Kalsad, BMTC Managing Director Anbu Kumar, Finance Department Secretary Ekroop Kaur, Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary Manjunath Prasad and other senior officers attended the meeting.

The Chief Minister later held a departmental review of the Public Works Department in which Public Works Minister CC Patil, Public Works Department Additional Chief Secretary BH Anil Kumar, Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary Manjunath Prasad and other senior officers attended the meeting.

He also held a meeting with Karnataka Forest Development Corporation Chairperson Tara Anuradhua, Forest Minister Umesh Katti, Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar, Forest Department Principal Chief Secretary, Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary Manjunath Prasad and other senior officers were also present at the meeting.