NEW DELHI: Manmohan Singh is the leader who is responsible for rural employment in India and it is a duty to remember him, Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said after chief minister Siddaramaiah announced the name of Bengaluru City University to be changed to the former PM.
Talking about the new name of the University, Shivakumar said that the name change will not be only confined to Bengaluru City University . He said that they will be naming more because his name has to be remembered by people.
Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said “Manmohan Singh is a leader and a former Prime Minister whom India can’t forget. His contribution after JawaharlalNehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi is unmatched. Such a great contribution he has given to this nation. Today, everyone is without hunger, it is because of him.”
“Today, everyone is having employment in the rural parts of this country because of him. So it is our bound duty to remember him. We are not only confined to Bangalore University; we will be naming more because his name has to be remembered by all of us…” he added.
During the Budget session at the Karnataka assembly, the chief minister announced that they will change the name of Bangalore City University.
“Bangalore City University will be renamed as Dr. Manmohan Singh Bengaluru City University. To make this a model university in the country, Government Arts College and Government R.C. College will be made constituent colleges of this University,” Siddaramaiah said.
Presenting his 16th budget in the Assembly, he said, “To make this a model university in the country, Government Arts College and Government R C College will be made constituent colleges of the university.”
The CM said a constituent college of Vishweshwaraiah Technological University will be established at Chintamani Taluk in Chikkaballapur district at a cost of Rs 150 crore. At Mysuru University, Prof Nanjundaswamy Research Chair will be started, he added.
