Mangalore, May 21: BJP's MLC candidate D H Shankaramurthy has been publicizing everywhere as part of his election campaign that it was in his tenure as the education minister that Karnataka got 184 colleges but the truth is that it was the then Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's initiative, said Puttanna, JDS leader.
Addressing media persons at a press meet in Mangalore on Monday, Mr. Puttanna said that Mr. Shankarmurthy had not done anything significant as an elected representative from the Teachers Constituency. “His contribution is zero. He is campaigning for the polls saying that he has given 184 colleges to the state. The truth is that without the approval of the Chief Minister, it would not have been possible. JDS and H D Kumaraswamy, who was the Chief Minister then, deserve the credit for that development”, Mr. Puttanna said.
Stating that Mr. Kumaraswamy had also granted permissions to start a number of medical, engineering, nursing, and physiotherapy colleges besides schools and other educational institutions, Mr. Puttanna said that 28,000 teachers and lecturers had been appointed during the 20 month tenure of the former Chief Minister.
Criticising the BJP government's move to introduce 'Nali Kali' stating that by having no English subject until Std III, Mr. Puttanna said that the government had been unjust to poor children as they find it difficult to cope up with the tougher syllabi of Std IV and higher classes.
He also appealed to the government to postpone the recruitment of PU lecturers by 20 days or more so that they get enough time to adjust to the new syllabus and prepare accordingly.
JDS leaders M G Hegde, D M Aslam, and others were present in the press meet.
The kidnapped schoolboy was rescued by the police and reunited with his parents. Son of a gift shop owner from Basavanagudi area in Bengaluru, Chirag has reportedly told police that decided to make some quick money to spend on cricket betting and gambling after learning kidnap tricks from the ‘Crime Patrol’. According to police, Chirag reached a private school around 3pm on Tuesday on a Bounce rental bike and zeroed in on a fourth standard student who was walking out of school. He told the boy he was his father's friend and that he required help to search for a relative who had gone missing. The boy believed Chirag and rode pillion on the bike. Chirag then engaged the boy in conversation and learnt about his father's business and got his mobile phone number. He then made a call to the boy's father, demanded Rs 5 lakh and warned him against approaching cops. However, the boy's father alerted Cottonpet police and special teams were formed to crack the case. While Cottonpet inspector Venkatesh TC's squad verified CCTV footage in and around the school, Chamarajpet inspector BG Kumaraswamy's team started tracking the suspect's mobile phone movements. An hour later, the suspect's location was traced to a hotel on the Lavelle Road-St Mark's Road stretch. Police rushed there, rescued the boy and arrested Chirag.
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