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Bengaluru: Vidhana Soudha fete - CM slashes costs, makes gala one-day affair

  •   Tue, Oct 17 2017 03:29:39 PM

Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Oct 17: The cost of the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Vidhana Soudha has been brought down from Rs 26.87 crore to Rs 10 crore. Also the celebrations will be held only on October 25 unlike the secretariat’s earlier plan of making the gala a two-day affair.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday directed presiding officers of both Houses of the legislature to make the event a low key affair. Plans to gift gold biscuits and silver plates to legislators and lawmakers have been dropped.

The chief minister's direction to Legislative Assembly Speaker K B Koliwad and Legislative Council Chairman D H Shankaramurthy comes after the controversy created on the exorbitant costs.
  

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  • Nayak, Udupi/Blore

    Wed, Oct 18 2017

    "Biscuit" bhagya by siddanna and he is very good in it. The only difference is that, this time it's "gold"biscuit..Haha

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  • Shoan DSouza, Sacheripet

    Tue, Oct 17 2017

    Bangalore was hit with heavy rain some days ago. Lots of lives are lost due to many reasons. In this situation ,government must utilise funds for rebuild those deceased families and to repair those badly hit roads to prevent further hurt. Please give importance for lives, not to non living objects like building etc. No politics here, only preventive work is needed. .

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  • Shammi, Karnataka

    Tue, Oct 17 2017

    What's wrong in celebrating diamond jubilee of our State's pride ,proud monument.Vidhana soudha deserves this celebration.This monument is daily connected to our lives.All the state budgets ,any desicions everything has taken inside this monument.One day celebration that too diamond Jubilee is a must.It deserves it.Respect the monument,then you will start respecting public places,this will ultimately lead to swacch Karnataka,Swaccha Bharatha.

    Jai Vidhana Soudha.

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  • Reshmi Salian, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 17 2017

    By celebrating do the respect of vidhana soudha increases? What a rubbish statement. Priority should be not to waste tax payers money on these kind of activities. Instead spend the same money to the welfare of the people. There are people who cannot afford one meal per day. And this celebration at the time of suffering of people that is Bangaloreans at the time of loss of lives and property due to rains doesn't make any sense.

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  • Shammi, Karnataka

    Tue, Oct 17 2017

    Then stop celebrating birthdays,stop celebrating decinial silver,diamomd jubillee of educational institutions,hospital etc.Why being biased on Vidhana soudha.It is love we show to our monument.
    Parents celebrate their kids birthday ,School celebrates school days,Its a human gesture to show how much we value them.
    By not celebrating Vidhana soudha's diamond Jubilee,Will this 10crore make India poverty free country.
    Why wait only government if every city has 10NGO's that itself do their duty properly .To some extent poors will get better status.
    SHOW ME ONE GOVERNMENT WHICH HAS GIVEN SO MANY BHAGYAS TO BPL FAMILES.I AM FOLLOWING MOST OF THE INDIAN STATE GOVERNMENTS UPDATES ON FB.KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT IS THE ONLY ONE WHICH FOLLOWS POLICY "ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN SPEECH" .SIDHARAMAIYA GOVT SHOWS THE PROOF OF DEVELOPMENT.PLEASE FOLLOW KARNATAKA GOVT UPDATES PAGE ON FB.THEN YOU LL KNOW, IM NOT FAKING.

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  • Auldius P. B. Pais, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 17 2017

    Mr. Shammi, I do agree with you that people celebrate birthdays, anniversaries etc. But they do it with their own money, that also when they have money in their pockets. Not when their pockets are empty or when they are living on borrowed money. Why do they require 10 crores to celebrate the anniversary of the building? Can't they do it in a few lakhs of rupees? How much of this money is going to go into the pockets of the politicians and the congress high command for fighting the forthcoming assembly elections?
    How much of the sanctioned money for the "BHAGHYA" schemes actually reached the intended BPL beneficiaries? How much of it has been misappropriated?

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  • Reshmi Salian, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 17 2017

    Why wait only government if every city has 10NGO's that itself do their duty properly .To some extent poors will get better status - Great comment. If Government cannot work for the people then why they collect taxes? Whether it is BJP or Congress, I don't care. My point was why unnecessary burden on state exchequer that is burden on we people. Have you ever seen the suffering of Bangaloreans who are affected by rains? Do you know how many people died due to potholes? Why government or government departments didnot fill potholes? Why most of the roads are not worthy of travelling? We pay hell lot of taxes but do we get proper service? Money is getting wasted for celebrations and advertisements of government achievements. But whose money after all? Coming back to celebration of birthdays and other family functions....it's individual to decide. That money doesn't come from the government. It is hard earned money of individuals. Do you know how much an MLA/MP gets in perks? Whose money it is? These MLA's or MP's just lead luxurious life. If they really care for the vidhana soudha, why don't they contribute? Rs 10 crore charity by these politicians is nothing. Current PM toured all over the world. Whose money it was? Any positive outcome? Nothing so far. PM went to different countries just to get business to his chelaas like Adani, Ambani and many more.

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  • kumar, mulky

    Tue, Oct 17 2017

    Actually they planned budget 10 crore only, drama of 26 crore .... now siddu will say he reduced.... are we fools?

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  • Rakesh, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 17 2017

    In 60 years thousands of people have come and gone to this place. Then why this present group of members celebrating by spending crores of money collected by charging tax on everything. Maja karo, who is there to question.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Oct 17 2017

    Siddaramaiah is the most efficient & progressive CM in India ...

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  • Auldius P. B. pais, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 17 2017

    Jossey, you crack good jokes. :) Keep it up.

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  • Surendra Poojari, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 17 2017

    10 Crores is also big amount. Do we need to incur these costs? Instead transfer the money to Relief Fund and can be used for relief. Nowadays lot of people are losing their lives due to heavy rains and bad roads. We can use this money for these purposes instead of spending for stupid celebrations.

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  • kumara, abu dhabi

    Tue, Oct 17 2017

    there should not be any celebrations in memory of the people who lost lives and houses in the recent rain

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