Heard in the House: Corruption keeping Kalyana Karnataka region backward

Belagavi: Terming corruption as one of the major reasons for the backwardness of Kalyana Karnataka region, BJP MLC Y M Satish on Wednesday revealed that an officer had sought bribe even from him for some work.

“Corruption has become a very serious social disease and it is rampant in all kinds of work,” he told the Council.

When both ruling and opposition members asked him to name the officer who demanded bribe, Satish said he would inform that to the chairman.

During the continued special discussion on the problems of North Karnataka region, Satish stressed the need for all officials and politicians to take an anti-corruption pledge.

Hemalatha Nayak (BJP) said corruption was hindering development of the region. She lamented that farmers were in distress in the absence of maize procurement centres.

F H Jakkappanavar of the Congress urged the government to set up Kittur Karnataka Region Development Board, with Rs 5,000 crore funds, to develop a Constitution park in Dharwad, post efficient officers to the region and provide more new buses to the region.

BJP’s Shashil Namoshi stressed the need to change rules to give ‘justice’ to meritorious candidates from
Kalyana Karnataka region in recruitments and promotions.

M Nagaraju of the Congress stressed the need for more industries in North Karnataka region and better support from the union government.