Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday promised to consider granting 500 acres between Bengaluru and Mysuru for expansion of the Karnataka Police Academy.
Addressing the passing out parade of the 40th batch of the academy at the KPA parade grounds here, he recalled that the government had introduced several welfare programmes for the police and promised to consider all their demands with an open mind. “ We will definitely consider the proposal for granting land for KPA’s expansion,” he added.
Advising the police to be disciplined, he said they must be being true to their conscience and strive for satisfaction in their work. “Avoid anger and anguish and work with deliberation and discretion. As the saying goes, there will be many gentlemen if there is one good policeman. Be people- friendly, prevent exploitation of women, give relief to poor, get justice for the weak and exploited and strive for peace in society,” he told them.
The CM noted with satisfaction that women were performing as well as men in the academy. “As many as 44 of the 225 Police Sub Inspectors are women. And two of them have won prizes in various catergories ,” he pointed out, adding that he was happy to see that as many as 184 probationers were from rural areas.
Finding the standard high, he observed that 23 of the probationers were engineers, two had MBAs, three, LLBs, 40 were postgraduates, 154, graduates and three, army graduates. PSI Rajendra P won the prize for all around best probationer.
Ibrahim is dissatisfied: Siddaramaiah
Brushing aside deputy chairman of planning board C M Ibrahim’s criticism, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said none could please dissatisfied people as they would always remain dissatisfied. “Mr C M Ibrahim is dissatisfied”, he told the media here while reacting to the former Union minister’s comments on Friday.
Mr Ibrahim had said: “Once upon a time, it was me who first said Siddaramaiah will be the next Chief Minister, but I am pained that he did not rise up to my expectations. And, he did not rise up to people’s expectations. The system is spoilt. Sixty percent of the officers are not committed. Something is missing somewhere.”
Mr Ibrahim also criticized both national parties, alleging that they failed to resolve disputes over sharing water of the Cauvery and the Mahadayi. He, however, was all praise for JD (S) leader H D Deve Gowda, saying “Nobody can be compared to Mr Deve Gowda. Even his son H D Kumaraswamy cannot be compared to Mr Deve Gowda.”
