Overview
- The chief minister has launched district-wise one-on-one sessions with Congress legislators to directly address complaints over slow infrastructure work.
- Lawmakers say implementation of the government’s five key pre-poll guarantees has diverted resources and stalled local development projects.
- So far meetings have covered districts from Mysuru and Hassan to Bidar and Ballari, and are set to continue through Saturday.
- Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar was not invited but affirmed the CM’s right to hold these talks and is conducting his own Bengaluru-focused meetings.
- Home Minister G. Parameshwara emphasized that discussions center solely on speeding up constituency works and reports that MLAs from Kalyana and Kittur Karnataka have submitted detailed wish lists.