Bengaluru: Everyone loves a CM who keeps everyone in good stead even if he has only 30 odd MLAs in a House of 224 and that seems to be the plus point the affable Mr H.D. Kumaraswamy is relying on to run the JD(S)-Congress coalition government which has been anything but stable from the swearing-in a month ago.
"I am running a robust government which will survive for five years, I have an assurance from both the Congress and BJP (something B.S. Yeddyurappa has to vouch for) on the stability of my government," said the CM at a Meet the press programme on Tuesday.
Explaining why he was so confident, the CM said: "My friends in Congress and BJP have advised me not to waste time on political management. Instead, they want me to concentrate on administration and development. This means they will provide stability to the government,'' he reasoned.
HDK: Decision on loan waiver in July
Setting at rest all speculation over waiver of farm loans, Chief Minister Mr H D Kumaraswamy indicated here on Tuesday that it would be announced during the next Legislative Assembly session in July.
Participating in a Meet the Press programme of the Press Club of Bangalore and Bangalore Reporters’ Guild, Mr Kumaraswamy said he was doing the ground work to ensure that the waiver did not affect other development in the state, including Bengaluru’s. “I want the waiver to reach farmers and not benefit middlemen or cooperative banks. I am moving with utmost precaution and have convened a meeting of top officials of nationalised banks in a day or two,'' he added.
However, noting that the loan waiver would not solve all the problems of farmers, Mr Kumaraswamy said the problem was with the cropping and agriculture pattern in the state.
Responding to a statement by Tamil Nadu Minister, Rajagopalan on the Cauvery Management Board, Mr Kumaraswamy said there was no question of violating the Supreme Court order.
Cauvery authority: Resolve technical issues first, says CM
CM H.D. Kumaraswamy has said that he is prepared to nominate state's representatives on the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) but not before the concerns raised by him are addressed, a day after he pitched for parliamentary approval to set up the CWMA.
Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, a day after meeting PM Modi on the Cauvery water issue, Kumaraswamy questioned the Centre's action of notifying the CWMA through a gazette before obtaining parliamentary approval. "As per laws pertaining to inter-state water dispute, it is for Parliament to give approval to form the Authority, but the Centre issued a gazette notification without debating it in the House," he said.
In its June 1 notification, the Water Resources Ministry had said it has framed a scheme constituting the Authority and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) to give effect to the decision of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal as modified by the Supreme Court order. Kumaraswamy said the state will abide by the Supreme Court order relating to the sharing of Cauvery water with Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, and was even prepared to send the names of its nominees for the panel "but not before the technical issues raised by me are addressed".
After a meeting with Prime Minister Modi, he had said on Monday that the constitution of Cauvery Water Management Authority should be discussed in Parliament to address the technical aspects related to the Supreme Court's order last month.
