Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (SP)
Bantwal, Mar 14: State minister for housing and infrastructure development, V Somanna, said that his party is prepared to face election anytime. "Our top priority would be to showcase to the people the people-friendly schemes implemented by Narendra Modi and Basavaraj Bommai. We have drawn up a strategy accordingly," he added.
He spoke to media persons in the travellers’ bungalow here during his visit to the town for participating in a private programme.
He said that the people have strongly backed the BJP in the states where elections were held recently. He said that on the model of campaigning in this election which was hugely successful, the party will introduce to the people of the country about the dreams Narendra Modi has about the country. He accused the previous government in the state of committing a blunder in not providing proper information about rural housing as a result of which 18 lac houses and 6.6 lac sites were rejected as the central government. He said that the centre was not kept informed. "Later, under the instructions of the Prime Minister, the chief minister has made sure that five lac houses costing Rs 6,612 crore of which four lac houses are meant for rural areas and one lac to urban areas. He said that the task of issuing work orders for 2,500 houses will be set rolling in Bantwal constituency once the current assembly session concludes, in April.
Somanna squarely blamed the previous congress regime in the state for making a mess of housing sector and creating numerous problems. He blamed the Congress leaders for wasting time by speaking recklessly.
Somanna said that houses will be given to all the districts including Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Byndoor constituency etc. He said that the legislators from coastal Karnataka are working very well and there cannot be any complaints about their working. He praised these MLAs for providing transparent administration.
Bantwal MLA Rajesh Naik Ulippadyguthu, Byndoor MLA Sukumar Shetty, municipal councillor A Govind Prabhu, entrepreneurs Uday Kumar Rao and Vivek Shetty Nagriguthu, were present.