Bangalore: Legislators can go on study tours abroad, says Speaker


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Bangalore, Aug 19: Changing track, Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker KagoduThimmappa on Tuesday said there was nothing wrong in legislators undertaking study tours in India and even foreign countries.

The Speaker, who spoke to reporters in Bangalore on Tuesday, said he personally felt the legislators will be able to discharge their functions better and serve the people of their respective constituencies if they undertake tours in different parts of the country and even abroad because only then they will have an opportunity to get firsthand experience and broaden their outlook.

"Teams of legislators will be constituted subject-wise to go abroad and study issues pertaining to industry, infrastructure, agriculture, horticulture, road etc," Thimmappa said.

He, however, said: "All tours should be purposeful and in the interest of development of the State."

Instead of tours by legislature committees, each team of 30 to 40 legislators would be formed subject-wise for undertaking foreign tours, the Speaker said.


Guidelines for Study Tours Framed

Thimmappa said an official committee comprising officials of the legislature Secretariat, has framed guidelines on organising tours for legislators.

A special board comprising the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra, Council Chairman D H Shankaramurthy and himself, would soon approve the guidelines.

New guidelines have been framed in the backdrop of the outcry over legislature committees undertaking tours.

Already two committees of the legislators have gone abroad.

The Speaker said tours by the legislators will continue, although the government did cancel one of them a few months ago following public outcry and the reported direction from the Congress high command.


CM should Rise to the Occasion, Deliver

Ruing absence of transparency in the state machinery, the Speaker felt the Chief Minister must rise up to respond to people's needs and aspirations.

Without mincing words, he said "I don't see any difference between previous governments and the incumbent Congress government. Things are moving in a snail pace even 15 months after coming to power.’

"The State Government has to become pro-active and address to people's problems. The Congress government came to power making several promises to the people and they have to fulfil," he said.


Transparency in Administration Not Visible

In an open remark against the functioning of the State administration, he said "I am not seeing any transparency in the State administration for which the bureaucracy is also responsible."

The Speaker said he wrote a letter to the State government six months ago highlighting things to be done in various departments to make them accountable.

However, the reply that he got was: "We have received your letter and will take necessary action.
Officials do not respond to letters written by general public. This tradition has been in practice for many years."

"The government machinery must respond to people's problems and that has to happen from village-level to state-level. Delays give scope for corruption," he said adding: "In my view, the government machinery must become more effective."

To a pointed question on whether Siddaramaiah has failed to deliver as the Chief Minister, Thimmappa was very candid in mentioning that he would not go to the extent of saying the Chief Minister has failed.


Ready to Shoulder Any Responsibility

"But I wish that he rises to the occasion and work towards fulfilling promises made to the people during the 2013 Assembly polls. The Chief Minister should pull up officials to extract work from them.

However, he is yet to use his powers effectively and crack the whip," he said.

To another question on whether he was keen on joining the Cabinet, the Speaker said: "I am not ready to go to Delhi with folded hands requesting the high command to make me minister. I have been elected as legislator by people of my constituency. However, I am ready to discharge any responsibility given to me."

  

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  • Chandrashekar, Mangalore/Mumbai

    Thu, Aug 21 2014

    Hi,
    Live on your own earnings, your own resources, not from tax payers money.

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  • vikas, dubai

    Wed, Aug 20 2014

    Let them complete elementary school and then foreign tour

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  • S N BAngs, Thannirubhavi

    Wed, Aug 20 2014

    Study what? how to watch porn in assembly? How to loot Public money? you are expert in that. why further study is required. you are Got PHD in this.

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  • Francis, Moodbidri / Dubai

    Wed, Aug 20 2014

    Is foreign legislators are coming to India for any study ?

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  • sathurine Dsouza, Udupi

    Wed, Aug 20 2014

    New Tactics to Loot the Tax Payers Money.Legislators should be qualified before entering into Politics.why they are elected just get the education after their Win?? Is there no one Question??

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  • stan, dubai

    Wed, Aug 20 2014

    All are corrupt and cheaters...The speaker will tell Legislators can go on study tours after that he will pass the resulation that speaker can go to world tour.... why he has to bother about what he is talking because Legislators can go on study tour and speaker also can go on study tour but it is on public tax payers money.

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  • JOY CASTELINO, MOODUBELLE/DUBAI

    Wed, Aug 20 2014

    Before sending new team for study tour, first check what is the outcome of earlier study tours?????

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  • JR,

    Wed, Aug 20 2014

    BY THE TIME LEGISLATORS COMPLETE THEIR STUDY TOUR AND DIGEST SOMETHING THEIR TERM ENDS AND WHAT IS THE USE IN SUCH TOUR ?
    IN CASE IF REQUIRED WHY SHOULD THEY GO IN LARGE GROUPS INSTEAD OF CONCERNED DEPT.WISE TOURS WHO CAN ATLEAST MAKE GOOD EVEN WHEN THE GOVT. CHANGES FROM TIME TO TIME ?

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  • Ravi B Shenava , Mangalore

    Wed, Aug 20 2014

    This speaker Kagodu Timmappa last year foolishly asked in the Assembly itself that - Who is this Rani Abbakka of Ullal, why she is given so much importance ??
    Therefore, let Timmappa first go for a study tour of Coastal Karnataka and learn about the Culture,language and History of Tulunadu and then let his Legislators go for foreign jaunt.

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  • PEDDU, mangaluroo

    Wed, Aug 20 2014

    OH YEE OH YEEE !!! WHEN THEY SUPPOSED TO STUDY THEY WERE ENGAGED WITH DHADAGIRI - PORNGIRI !! NOW IN THIS AGE THEY ARE GOING FOR STUDYING FOR WHOSE BENEFIT AS FEW YEARS LEFT IN THEIR LIFE CHAPTER ??

    THEY CLAIM MAY BE "YALE" DEGREE HOLDERS ! FOR ONE DAY COURSE
    ACHE DINE ANEWALE HAIN !!

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  • gabriel, sagar

    Wed, Aug 20 2014

    Annual study tours are meant for the children. For the Law-makers study tours could be to the neighboring states - a better Bharat Darshan can give them the impetus to govern better. Study tours abroad is an extra burden to the exchequer.

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  • joe Gonsalves, Mangalore

    Wed, Aug 20 2014

    Indeed knowledge is strength. Studies are an integral part of management provided the people concerned concentrate on what they are expected to do while touring.The tours should not be vacations.

    Joe Gonsalves

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  • Mahendra Shetty, Mumbai Mangalore

    Wed, Aug 20 2014

    DEAR SPEAKER,

    PLEASE SEND ALL OF THEM TO PAKISTAN AND ITALY.....THERE IS LOT OF THINGS TO LEARN....

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  • suni, blre/q8

    Wed, Aug 20 2014

    good if they for tour to learn, if they go for honey moon, no dont waste TAX PAYERS MONEY. let them send Afghanistan , iraq...etc..they will good experience.

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  • Ramesh, Mangalore

    Tue, Aug 19 2014

    Absolutely there is nothing wrong in legislators going on study tour. But it should be a study tour! The sad thing is, study tours are translated into leisure tour and the legislators come back without learning anything.

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  • John R Lobo, Kaikamba/Dubai

    Tue, Aug 19 2014

    Son of soil, Ex PM Golmaal went foreign countries along with entire family during time of Prime minister-ship...!!!!!!! He learned such a way he spoiled his Sons' future....!!!!!!!!
    Gol maal hai sub golmaal hai

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  • Dinesh Poojary, Kundapura/Bengaluru

    Tue, Aug 19 2014

    Keep an EXAM after study tours. If they fail in exam, get the full expenses from them.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Wed, Aug 20 2014

    Some duffers cannot even clear 10th standard and then claim to be graduates from Yale Univ.

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  • vinay, mangalroe

    Wed, Aug 20 2014

    But they didnt use tax payers money to get the certificate. Here Idiots are using public money to enjoy their life.

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  • Clifford, Mangalore

    Tue, Aug 19 2014

    Study tour should be restricted to their own constituency to study the suffering of poor people and how to improve their conditions.

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  • vellano1, Mumbai

    Tue, Aug 19 2014

    OK>.great Umashree can goto Yale university and get her degree!! few people here think, ministers need to have degrees to handle senior IAS/KAS officers from all departments..!

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Aug 19 2014

    Yeddy and Reddy went to Mauritius to find out avenues to stash Black Money ...

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