Udupi: Attacking the Central government for their failure to generate enough job opportunities, UT Khader, Minister for Urban Development demanded that the education loans availed by these unemployed youths should be waived off.
Khader, who was speaking at a press conference held in Udupi justified his demand saying that the family of these youths, who are unable to repay their education loans are being harrassed by the bank personnel and that they even issue threats to the families while visiting thier house to recover the loans. The youth Congress would not tolerate this, He warned.
He further blamed the BJP MLAs for doing politics over the budget presented by chief minister Kumaraswamy claiming that the coastal district and demands of its people was totally overlooked in the budget.
He clarified that the budget presented by the CM was in addition to that presented by former chief minister Siddaramaiah. A sum of Rs 400 cr had been sanctioned for coastal district in the previous budget and it is now the responsiblity of the elected MLAs to work towards the developmental plans announced in these two budgets.
Regarding the woes of the fishing community, Khader said that compared to Gujarat, the state fishing community gets much better facilities. He questioned why the central government was not supplying kerosene for fishing, while adding that the state government is paying Rs 53 crore per year to supply the kerosene.
Udupi District Congress President Janardhan Thonse, Amrith Shenoy and others were present.
