The government will commemorate its third anniversary today with a convention in Tumakuru

Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. | Photo credit: File photo

Amid the ongoing disarray over the Congress leadership, the Congress government led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will celebrate the completion of three years on Tuesday (May 19) with the ‘Pragathiyatta Karnataka’ (Karnataka Towards Development) convention in Tumakuru.

On this occasion, as many as 1.4 lakh beneficiaries will receive beneficiary certificates / government documents / title deeds and various development works will be started for Tumakuru at an estimated cost of ₹ 500 crore.

“The convention will witness the distribution of certificates/documents by the revenue department and have a celebration to mark the completion of three years. We have given a manifesto and promised the people that it will be implemented in five years. We will tell the people about the achievements of the government,” Home Minister G. Parameshwara told reporters. During the next two years, he said, the government will start working on the long-term promises of the Congress.

He also denied allegations that he was using the platform as a show of strength on his home turf. “We’re not going to say anything that goes beyond the government’s achievements. We don’t see it as a show of force. We want to tell people that we’ve walked the talk,” said Dr. Parameshwara. He refused to ask questions about the change of leadership and cabinet reshuffle, saying it was a political and internal party matter. For the participation of all central leaders from the Congress in the event Dr. Parameshwara said since it is a government function, no one from the high command will attend.

The state government had earlier organized functions and reached out to the beneficiaries to celebrate the anniversary in Haveri and Hospet. According to a finance ministry release, Tumakuru district with 11 talukas and a population of 27 lakh is the second largest district in the state. The event comes at a time when the Congress is internally besieged by a power struggle between Mr. Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.

On May 18, Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda and Dr. Parameshwara, who is also the Minister-in-Charge of Tumakuru district, inspected the arrangements for the convention, which is expected to attract a huge crowd.

Concluding the convention as Sadhaneya Samavesha (a convention to mark achievements), Mr. Gowda said that documents pertaining to 13.33 lakh acres which were in the names of the deceased across the state had been registered in the names of their family members in the last three years. He added, “More than one million families will receive services/documents in Tumakuru. These include distribution of title deeds to about 20,000 families, distribution of khata documents to about 80,000 heirs of deceased and podi durast documents to 7,000 farmer families.”

Published – 18 May 2026 21:55 IST