Karnataka govt to showcase 3-year achievements at Tumakuru convention: Minister Parameshwara

Bengaluru,

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Monday said the state government would hold the 'Pragatiyatta Karnataka' programme in Tumakuru on May 19 to distribute beneficiary letters to 1,52,000 people and highlight the achievements of the Congress government after completing three years in office. The event will take place on Tuesday at the Junior College Grounds in Tumakuru. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his deputy D K Shivakumar, Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda will take part in the event along with him.

Parameshwara, who reviewed preparations on Sunday, dismissed suggestions that the event in his home district was a show of strength, saying the programme was aimed at informing people about the implementation of government schemes and fulfilment of poll promises. He also clarified that it was a government event and not linked to internal party matters or the Congress high command.

"We do not look at it from the perspective of a show of strength. We have to tell people that we have kept the promises we made to them and acted accordingly. That is what we are setting out to say," Parameshwara told reporters in Bengaluru. He said the convention would have two components, including distribution of letters to beneficiaries under the Revenue Department and programmes related to the conversion of revenue villages under municipal limits.

"A total of 152,000 beneficiaries will receive letters as part of the programme. We also have to inform people about what all we have done in these three years. The people of the state have the right to know that," he said. On speculation about the presence of party high command leaders, Parameshwara said, "This is entirely a government programme. It is not a party programme. We have not invited anyone from the high command."

Regarding the government's roadmap for the remaining two years of its term, he said the administration had already implemented most of its short-term commitments and would now focus on long-term infrastructure and irrigation projects. "When we prepared this manifesto, we looked at it in terms of short-term and long-term plans. In the short term, we have carried out everything that had to be implemented within three years," he said.