More such party convention will be organised in North Karnataka, says Minister

Minister for Textiles, Sugar, Sugarcane Development and Agricultural Marketing and Haveri district in-charge Shivanand Patil has clarified that the Congress convention in Mysuru is not a show of strength in favour of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Speaking to presspersons in Haveri on Wednesday, Mr. Patil said that similar party convention will be held in North Karnataka also.

He said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has already said that he will be the Chief Minister for the whole tenture and he will not comment on it.

On the allegation of corruption in supply of milk power to anganwadi centres in Haveri, he said that at the outset it appears to be no scam but he will get it inquired.

On the alleged illegal appointment of medical college staff, the Minister said that he has already spoken to the dean concerned on the issue and it appears to be because of technical issues. But if any illegality is found, action will be taken, he said.

On the supply of fertilisers, he said that the Centre is not supplying adequate quantity of urea to the State as there is huge demand because of copious rainfall.

“Already, four cases have been filed against supply of poor quality fertiliser. Their licence has been cancelled and steps will be taken to arrest sellers of spurious fertiliser,” he said.

‘No increase’

Replying to a query, Medical Education Minister Sharanprakash Patil clarified that there has been no increase in the number of deaths due to heart attacks in the last six months. “People have been given wrong information. We have inquired into the issue and it is clear that deaths are not due to COVID-19 vaccine,” he said.

To another query, he said that the Haveri medical college will soon get cardiologists and also a hi-tech MRI scan centre.