1 day ago
1
"I ne'er asked for immoderate circumstantial portfolio from the enactment precocious bid oregon the Chief Minister. I americium blessed that they person continued my aged portfolio of Public works department", Minister Satish Jarkiholi said successful Gokak connected Sunday (June 7, 2026).
“We person done importantly good successful PWD for 3 years. Now that the CM and the precocious bid has entrusted maine with the Public Works Department, I shall strive hard to service the radical of the State, arsenic before," helium told reporters.
To a query, helium said helium was wholly satisfied with the palmy completion of galore important road, span and infrastructure improvement works crossed the State successful the Public Works Department during the past 3 years. "I americium blessed that I person got the aforesaid section again now. This volition assistance successful completing the projects started earlier," helium said happily.
"A batch has been done, but determination is inactive a batch of enactment to beryllium done. We are assured that we volition fortify the section further and bash bully enactment for the improvement of the State's infrastructure," helium said.
"I don't deliberation that Belagavi territory has been treated unfairly successful the allocation of ministerial posts. The 2nd database is inactive pending, and the territory is definite to get different ministerial ", helium said.
"The Cabinet enlargement oregon allocation process has not been completed yet. Legislators oregon followers of leaders and radical request not interest astir this. Our territory volition decidedly get precedence successful the adjacent database of the cabinet. Belagavi is simply a ample territory and cipher tin disregard it. We volition get due practice successful the coming days and the precocious bid volition see each communities and regions equally," helium said
"I deliberation I did not get the station of KPCC president owed to the ‘one person, 1 post’ regularisation prevalent successful the enactment and not for immoderate different reason," helium responded to a query. “There is simply a strict regularisation successful the enactment that 'one idiosyncratic tin clasp lone 1 post'. Since I americium already a minister, I did not get that responsibility. I americium not upset with this determination astatine all. Everyone should abide by the party's rules and regulations," helium said.
He dismissed arsenic baseless rumours, reports that determination was a rift betwixt him and MLA Ashok Pattan. "We person been unneurotic since the beginning. There is nary discontent betwixt the 2 leaders pursuing the organisation of ministerial posts and governmental developments successful the district," helium said.
"There is nary quality betwixt erstwhile Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and me. Social media posts suggesting this were enactment up by mischief mongers. We volition question ineligible enactment against them, helium said.
To a question connected giving practice to the Muslim assemblage successful the Cabinet, helium said that the enactment precocious bid would instrumentality an due determination successful this respect and guarantee that nary assemblage was treated unfairly.
He said the agitation by Kannada organisations against the hold by Belagavi metropolis corp to walk the solution connected 'Belagavi being an integral portion of Karnataka,' had travel to his notice. "I volition sermon the substance with the authorities and spot that they instrumentality indispensable action," helium said.
