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A week-long “Jatha for Justice for Kalyana Karnataka” organised by the Welfare Party of India concluded successful Kalaburagi connected Monday with a objection extracurricular the Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board (KKRDB) headquarters. The jatha, which began successful Ballari connected October 6, was flagged disconnected by enactment State president Tahir Hussein astatine Valmiki Circle.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Hussein said that the jatha was organised to item the continued neglect of the Kalyana Karnataka portion contempt the Special Status granted to the portion done the 98th Constitutional Amendment successful 2013.
He observed that adjacent aft 78 years of Independence and implicit a decennary of Special Status, the fruits of improvement person not reached the people. Although astir ₹25,000 crore person been released for the portion done KKRDB and related schemes, helium said that the funds person not translated into tangible improvements successful people’s lives.
“The State authorities indispensable guarantee a transparent and effectual utilisation of funds meant for Kalyana Karnataka. The portion continues to lag down successful astir each indicators of development, from employment and acquisition to healthcare and concern growth,” helium said.
Mr. Hussein noted that portion the per capita income successful the Bengaluru part stands astatine ₹5.01 lakh, it is lone ₹1.73 lakh successful Kalyana Karnataka.
“Districts specified arsenic Yadgir, Raichur, Kalaburagi and Koppal stay among the poorest successful the State. Out of the 17.48 lakh tiny and mean industries successful Karnataka, lone astir 1.96 lakh are located successful this region. Despite the beingness of thousands of engineering graduates each year, astir younker are compelled to migrate successful hunt of employment opportunities elsewhere,” helium said.
WPI State vice-president Mujahid Pasha Qureshi said that the jatha was a symbolic march to awaken the conscience of the State astir the heavy disparities successful development.
“Nearly 30 lakh radical present endure from anaemia and malnutrition and astir 80,000 authorities posts stay vacant, including 22,000 teaching posts. Education, healthcare and employment proceed to stay neglected. The State cannot assertion inclusive maturation erstwhile Kalyana Karnataka continues to beryllium near behind,” helium said.
Following the rally, WPI leaders submitted a elaborate memorandum to KKRDB officials demanding urgent authorities intervention. The memorandum urged the State authorities to guarantee due usage of improvement funds, acceptable up caller industries with employment penchant for locals, implicit pending irrigation projects, amended the prime of acquisition and capable vacant teaching positions.
It besides called for the constitution of a peculiar judicial committee to forestall injustice against minorities, backward classes, Dalits and Adivasis and for the instauration of multi-speciality hospitals based connected colonisation needs. The enactment further demanded an exclusive concern argumentation tailored to the unsocial requirements of Kalyana Karnataka.
Hundreds of WPI workers and section citizens participated successful the concluding rally and dharna, raising slogans against unequal improvement policies.
WPI State vice-presidents Srikanth Salian, Prabhakar and Habeebullah Khan, State caput Mubeen Ahmed and enactment leaders Jabbar Gola, Afzal Mehmood, Fareed Manvi, Fahad Mohsin, Ibrahim Patel, Subhash Rathod and respective others participated successful the agitation.
