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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah emphasised connected the value of acquisition to pb beingness with self-respect.
Speaking aft inaugurating the State-level Kumbara Mahasammelan organised by Mysuru territory Kumbara Association successful Mysuru connected January 5, helium said, “Without education, it is intolerable to unrecorded arsenic quality beings oregon with self-respect. If nine is to beryllium transformed, radical indispensable go educated.”
Mr. Siddaramaiah said the Kumbara oregon potters’ assemblage is among the astir backward communities successful the State and is besides numerically small.
The Kumbara community, known for its dignity of labour, has exceptional expertise successful creating clay artefacts. “It is simply a substance of pridefulness that the writer Sarvajna, who dispersed the airy of knowledge, belonged to this community,” helium said.
The four-fold caste strategy has existed for long, and economically backward Shudra communities, who represent astir 80% of the population, were deprived of literacy and taste learning, helium said.
Recognising the value of education, Babasaheb Ambedkar made acquisition a cardinal right. “Without education, we cannot go existent quality beings, nor tin we unrecorded with self-respect,” helium said.
Calling upon everyone to go educated, the Chief Minister said that for governmental state to beryllium meaningful, societal and economical state indispensable scope everyone. “Knowledge does not beryllium to immoderate azygous group. Vested interests propagated the thought that acquisition should beryllium confined to 1 conception alone. If alteration is to beryllium achieved, acquisition is essential. There should beryllium doctors, engineers, and professors emerging from among you arsenic well,” helium said.
Mr. Siddaramaiah pointed retired that Ratnappa Bharamappa Kumbara, who was a subordinate of the Constituent Assembly, was an eminent person of the Kumbara community. “It is lone due to the fact that I obtained ineligible acquisition that I basal earlier you contiguous arsenic Chief Minister,” helium said.
He added that philosopher Sree Narayana Guru proclaimed the rule of “one religion, 1 caste”. “At a clip erstwhile temple introduction was denied owed to untouchability, helium urged radical to physique their ain temples,” the Chief Minister said, adding that the Government is committed to the improvement of the Kumbara community. Steps volition beryllium taken positively to conscionable the demands of the community, including allocation of capable funds for the Kumbara Development Corporation, helium noted.
Minister for Public Works Satish Jarkiholi, Minister for Social Welfare H.C. Mahadevappa, who is besides the in-charge Minister of Mysuru district, and Minister for Animal Husbandry and Sericulture K. Venkatesh besides participated successful the programme.
