Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowd on Sunday attended a place in Mosala Hoshalli in Hassan Taluk, where 10 people died on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda appealed to the state government to teach with the Development Center and maintain politics.
He emphasized the need to expand the Chennai-Bengalur industry corridor to the mangalur, which would help many districts, including Hassan.
Mr. Deve Gowda said at a press conference in Hassan on Sunday: “I would like the state government to accept this proposal with the center to be included in the next budget. In this respect, I will also spend their efforts in the center.”
The former Prime Minister said he worked in his 65 -year political career for the development of the state.
“We should not do politics over the development of the state. Let’s do politics at the time of the elections. I don’t want to get into history. Previously Prime Minister Siddaramaiahah and I worked together. He didn’t get one more,” he said.
Mr. Deve Gowda said his son and Minister of Trade Unions for the Heavy Industry and Steel HD Kumaraswamy wanted to revive HMT in Bengalur and Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant (Visl) in Bhadravati.
“He wants to build a factory on the HMT soil and propose to invest 20,000 GBP to revive Vistl in Bhadravat. The state government should cooperate with it and maintain all the differences,” he said.
As for Shiradi Ghat, Mr. Deve Gowda said that when Oscar Fernandes was Minister of Transport, he proposed to take the tunnel project.
“There was the opposition that provided forest ground for the project. Once the tunnel is built, the trees can be grown above the tunnel. The project should start,” he said.
As for the dispute over the case, Mr. Deve Gowda said it brought this to the announcement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi about how Tamil had a benefit and Karnataka suffered with regard to water water sharing.
“The tribunal assigned to Bengalur Cauvera Waters considered the population of the city according to the census in 1981. Then the population was around 90 lakhs and now is above 1.5 crore,” he said.
He also claimed that despite his age he would continue to fight for the development of the state. “At the age of 93, I came here with the help of a wheelchair. Similarly, I will go to a wheelchair parliament and I will continue to work for the state. My term of office when Rajya Sabha member ends in the next 11 months.
The legislator Swaroop Prakash, former MLA Lingesh and others were present.
At the beginning of the day, Mr. Deve Gowda Mosale Hoshalli visited Hassan, where an accident occurred on Friday. He also met family members of Gokul, Eshwar, Prabhakar, Poe and Kumar who were among those who died in the accident. Up to 10 people died in the incident.
Published – September 2025 17:49
