Minister saying communal violence led to reduced investments in coastal region is true, says Dinesh Gundu Rao

“The reflection (by Minister Priyank Kharge) that repeated incidents of communal unit led to Coastal Karnataka losing investments is true. However, aft coming to power, we person improved the situation. We person ensured amended instrumentality and bid by posting bully officers successful Mangaluru and surrounding areas. We person besides taken respective measures to pull investments that tin pb to the wide improvement of the region,” Health Minister and Dakshina Kannada in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao said successful Bailhongal of Belagavi territory connected Monday.

He was responding to a query connected Minister Priyank Kharge’s connection that repeated communal unit reduced investments successful Coastal Karnataka.

“The State authorities is taking respective steps to beforehand tourism, fisheries, waterways transport and different industries successful the coastal region. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar precocious inaugurated an planetary tourism conclave successful Mangaluru. KEONICS is gathering an IT parkland astatine a outgo of ₹50 crore successful Dakshina Kannada,” helium said.

“People of the coastal portion are opening to realise that secularism is the mode guardant arsenic it brings bid and that communalism disturbs instrumentality and order. We are besides carrying retired respective consciousness programmes astir communalism. Police officers of the 3 districts are keeping an oculus connected those making provocative statements connected societal media. Such radical volition look ineligible action,” helium said.

Mr. Gundu Rao, however, refused to respond to Priyank Kharge’s connection that RSS is similar a monster and the BJP is its shadow. “I bash not person overmuch accusation astir it. You amended inquire him,” helium said astir his furniture colleague’s stand.

To a query, helium said that determination is nary dissidence successful the enactment and that determination is nary request to speech astir it. “We are each united. All the leaders jointly organised a mega rally successful Haveri recently. Everything is going connected smoothly,” helium said.