Trying to revive closed state-owned enterprises: Minister Kumaraswamy

Bengaluru, Sep 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Heavy Industries and Steel Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday said he will focus all his efforts on reviving the public sector units (PSUs) in the state of Karnataka and the rest of the country that have been shut.

Talking to reporters at Bengaluru airport, Kumaraswamy said, “I am working to revive all the closed PSU units. HMT PSU had thousands of employees and has been closed for the past 10 years. PSUs need to be given a new lease of life.

“Why did I go to Chhattisgarh after becoming a Union Minister before coming to Karnataka? Now I am travelling to Nagaland, Chhattisgarh and Arunachal Pradesh for four days. The industrial units in the north-eastern region of India have been closed and I am talking to the CMs there to develop the industries there,” Kumarsawamy said.

“HMT had more than 3,000 acres of land. The property of hundreds of acres has been seized. The work plan to create employment opportunities is ready,” he said.

“In Chhattisgarh, I saw poverty from close quarters. When I saw it, I realised that the situation in our state (Karnataka) is a thousand times better. But in our state, in the present time, the Congress leaders are busy finishing the state. There is no development,” Kumaraswamy said.

“I appeal to the people of Karnataka state. You decide, the dignity of the state has been lost in the last 1.5 years after the Congress government came to power. The state was known as the best welfare state in the country. Look at the issues that are making news in the state. SIT in Karnataka does not stand for Special Investigation Team; rather it is Siddaramaiah (Chief Minister) & Shivakumar (Deputy CM) Investigation Authority. It is SSIT. The SIT authorities report to them and do what they are asked to do,” the Union minister said while criticising the Congress-led government.

“How many meetings have you (CM Siddaramaiah) held with the aim of attacking me since criticism was levelled against the transfer mafia and other illegalities of the Congress government?” asked Kumaraswamy.

Source: IANS

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