Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (SP)

Kundapur, Sep 9: 'Under the ambitious programme of adopting one village per year by each of the members of parliament for overall development announced by the central government headed by Narendra Modi, I have chosen Gangolli in Byndoor assembly constituency, a segment of my Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency,' announced former Karnataka chief minister and MP representing Shimoga constituency, B S Yeddyurappa.

Addressing a press conference convened at the residence of Byndoor constituency BJP unit president, Sukumar Shetty, at Vandse in the taluk on Monday September 8, Yeddyurappa said that a survey will soon be taken up to develop 1.5 km of Gangolli seashore at a cost of Rs 29 crore. He also said that beaches at Gangolli, Maravanthe, Madikal, and Shirur will be developed at a cost of Rs 1.67 crore with financial assistance from National Development Bank. He added that the work of constructing protective wall at a cost of six crore rupees at Gangolli is already in progress.

Saying that he had taken note of the problems faced by agriculturists and fishermen in the region, he promised to put in efforts to solve their problems in phases.

Yeddyurappa said that the country is galloping on the path of progress under Narendra Modi, adding that the central government will bring several progressive schemes into force during the next five years. He called upon party workers to ensure that everyone opens bank account under the Jan Dhan scheme of the Prime Minister. He said he will be discussing about the issues concerning this constituency by bringing together all the elected people's representatives from the constituency in a meeting to be held next month. Promising that he will be honestly throbbing to the problems of the people, Yeddyurappa said that BJP will discharge its duty as a capable opposition party in the state.

District president of BJP, Vikramarjun Hegde, constituency committee president, B M Sukumar Shetty, general secretary, Sadananda Uppinakudru etc were present at the meeting.

Later in the day, Yeddy, speaking at a meeting of BJP workers from Vandse zilla panchayat constituency, said that the central government will come up with several schemes once the financial condition of the country stabilizes. The meeting was held in Sri Brahmalingeshwara Kalyana Mantap in Maranakatte in the taluk.

He said the government aims at reducing imports and boosting exports. He expressed hope that because of various measures undertaken by the central government, prices of essential goods will come down further. Yeddyurappa blamed state governments for not giving their financial sanction for a number of ambitious central government schemes.

Byndoor constituency BJP president, B M Sukumar Shetty, Maranakatte temple hereditary trustee, Seetaram Shetty, BJP Shakti Kendra president, Ramachandra Manja, zilla panchayat members, Indira Shetty and Gowri Devadiga, and several other leaders were present.

Yeddyurappa also addressed a meeting of BJP Shakti Kendra's Trasi unit, which was held on Monday at Sri Veeresha Mangalya Mandir at Gangolli on Monday.

He said that additional efforts would be made to achieve progress of Byndoor constituency, which had given him highest lead in the parliamentary election. He opined that pooling of resources to mitigate specific problems in their entirety would be a better alternative to distribution of grants to all the taluk and zilla panchayat members.

He accused the previous Congress government at the centre of passing on a debt of two lac crore to the present government. 'After Modi took over the reign, powerful countries are siding with us. The state government is bidding adieu to several remarkable schemes drawn up for the benefit of poor people by the BJP government. Our main aim should be to remove the current state government and replace it with BJP government,' he felt.

Byndoor constituency unit BJP president, B M Sukumar Shetty, presided. Former MLA, K Laxminarayana, also addressed the gathering. On this occasion, Yaddyurappa was honoured on behalf of people of Gangolli and BJP activists. Various party leaders and zilla and taluk panchayat members were present.

The former chief minister also visited the fishing port at Gangolli and inspected the ongoing works there. He expressed resentment at the slow pace of work on break water project there. He promised to honestly try to extend more facilities to fishermen in the coming days. He was accompanied during the visit, by Sukumar Shetty, former president of Karnataka Fisheries Development Corporation, Ramachandar Bykampady, Gangolli gram panchayat president, Reshma Kharvi, Byndoor constituency BJP general secretary, Sadashiva Paduvari, and several other leaders.