Bommai promises taluk status to Varuna, development on the lines of Govindarajanagar in Bengaluru

Bommai promises taluk status to Varuna, development on the lines of Govindarajanagar in Bengaluru

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has promised taluk status to Varuna on the outskirts of Mysuru.

Addressing a gathering at Goluru on the outskirts of Nanjangud before accompanying Housing Minister V. Somanna to file his nomination papers as a BJP candidate for Varuna Assembly constituency, Mr. Bommai lamented that the administration of Varuna constituency fell under the jurisdiction of three different taluk offices – Nanjangud, Mysuru and T. Narsipur.

People have to go to either Nanjangud, Mysuru or T. Narsipur for their official and administrative work, he lamented while accusing the ‘powerful’ Congress leaders, who represented the constituency earlier, of ignoring difficulties of the people.

Claiming that he came to know that Varuna did not have its own taluk only when he asked why Mr. Somanna was filing his nomination papers in Nanjangud, Mr. Bommai said he would have taken necessary steps to declare Varuna a taluk had he known about it matter earlier.

Contending that the BJP will come to power after the next elections, Mr. Bommai said he would declare Varuna a taluk and approve a taluk office here in the very first Cabinet meeting.

Mr. Bommai credited Mr. Somanna with converting Govindarajanagar constituency in Bengaluru as a ‘model’ constituency. He called upon the voters of Varuna to elect Mr Somanna if they wanted the constituency to be developed like Govindarajanagar in Bengaluru.

He alleged that the development of Varuna has been ‘stagnated’ and said Mr. Somanna has vowed to develop Varuna into the State’s “No. 1 constituency”.