Bengaluru, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on June 29 during his three-day visit to the national capital to discuss pending state projects with Union ministers approval from the Center.
"I will meet the Road Transport Minister (Nitin Gadkari), also the Prime Minister and the Home Minister (Amit Shah). I will also try to meet the Finance Minister (Nirmala Sitharaman). The Home Minister is not yet has given time and could give today we will also try to meet Railway Minister (Ashwini Vaishnaw) and Jal Shakti Minister (C R Paatil),” he told reporters here.
He said the Prime Minister had given an appointment on June 29.
The Chief Minister, who is leaving for the national capital today, called a meeting of MPs and Union ministers elected by the state in the national capital this afternoon to discuss projects related to Karnataka pending the Centre's nod.
“We will share the list of pending projects at the central government level and ask them to make efforts on behalf of the state government to get the projects approved and get funds from the Center and help mobilize resources for the state,” Siddaramaiah. saying.
He said several concerned ministers of the state government will also come to Delhi to explain the projects.
To a question about Karnataka's expectations from the first budget to be presented by the new government at the Centre, the Chief Minister said the state government had already shared its thoughts with the Center through Minister Krishna Byre Gowda. "Gowda had attended the meeting while I could not. He presented my speech at the meeting."
Replying to a question on whether Rahul Gandhi will become leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, Siddaramaiah expressed confidence that he will work effectively as the "voice of the people".
"Rahul Gandhi has traveled across the country and done 'padayatre' (march) twice, and he knows the problems facing the country," he said.
Regarding Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's claim that the recent Lok Sabha poll results point to the fact that India is not a 'Hindu Rashtra', the Chief Minister said: "We have been saying this from the beginning, this is "The country of pluralism belongs to everyone. It cannot be the country of Hindus alone. It cannot possibly become Hindu Rashtra."
Pointing out that people of different castes, religions and languages coexist here, he said: "This country has the culture of pluralism. It belongs to everyone. What Amartya Sen has said is correct. We have been propagating it from the beginning."
"I will meet the Road Transport Minister (Nitin Gadkari), also the Prime Minister and the Home Minister (Amit Shah). I will also try to meet the Finance Minister (Nirmala Sitharaman). The Home Minister is not yet has given time and could give today we will also try to meet Railway Minister (Ashwini Vaishnaw) and Jal Shakti Minister (C R Paatil),” he told reporters here.
He said the Prime Minister had given an appointment on June 29.
The Chief Minister, who is leaving for the national capital today, called a meeting of MPs and Union ministers elected by the state in the national capital this afternoon to discuss projects related to Karnataka pending the Centre's nod.
“We will share the list of pending projects at the central government level and ask them to make efforts on behalf of the state government to get the projects approved and get funds from the Center and help mobilize resources for the state,” Siddaramaiah. saying.
He said several concerned ministers of the state government will also come to Delhi to explain the projects.
To a question about Karnataka's expectations from the first budget to be presented by the new government at the Centre, the Chief Minister said the state government had already shared its thoughts with the Center through Minister Krishna Byre Gowda. "Gowda had attended the meeting while I could not. He presented my speech at the meeting."
Replying to a question on whether Rahul Gandhi will become leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, Siddaramaiah expressed confidence that he will work effectively as the "voice of the people".
"Rahul Gandhi has traveled across the country and done 'padayatre' (march) twice, and he knows the problems facing the country," he said.
Regarding Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's claim that the recent Lok Sabha poll results point to the fact that India is not a 'Hindu Rashtra', the Chief Minister said: "We have been saying this from the beginning, this is "The country of pluralism belongs to everyone. It cannot be the country of Hindus alone. It cannot possibly become Hindu Rashtra."
Pointing out that people of different castes, religions and languages coexist here, he said: "This country has the culture of pluralism. It belongs to everyone. What Amartya Sen has said is correct. We have been propagating it from the beginning."
