Youth have a greater role to play in building New India, says Bommai
The Hindu
An alumnus of BVB College in Hubballi, the chief minister said the institution was a pioneer in encouraging start-ups and would contribute immensely to the country’s technological advancements
Claiming that the next 25 years belonged to India, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday, January 28, said the youth had a greater role to play in making the country scale new heights.
Speaking at the inauguration of platinum jubilee celebrations of BV Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology in Hubballi, Mr. Bommai said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation for ‘new India’ and under him India was developing into a ‘strong and safe country’.
Terming the next 25 years as crucial for further consolidating the position of India at the global level, Mr. Bommai called on the youth to understand the significance of skilling. He said BVB College, a pioneer in encouraging start-ups, would contribute a great deal to the technological advancements in the country.
The chief minister, an alumnus of BVB College, took a stroll down memory lane, recalling his days at the college, the canteen and the teachers who taught him. He also spoke of the changes brought about by Amit Shah as Home Minister.
He said Karnataka had chalked out programmes for contributing at least one trillion to India’s economy to go with PM Modi’s dream of a 5-trillion economy. He claimed that ‘double engine’ government had yielded many benefits to the state.
Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi was all praise for Home Minister Amit Shah, because of whom, he said, Article 370 could be abolished and a strong message was sent to terror outfits. He credited the founders of KLE Society for helping many from the region of his generation become graduates.
Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa paid tributes to the founders and philanthropists who were responsible for the establishment of KLE Society and its growth. Set up for the noble cause of providing education, the society initiated a social revolution in the region, he said.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.