Credit for CM's village stay programme goes to entire

The credit for Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's 'Grama Vastavya' (overnight stay in villages) outreach programme goes to the entire coalition government, not JD(S) alone, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara said Monday.

'Grama Vastavya' is aimed at taking administration to the people.

"This is coalition government, the Chief Minister is not alone for JD(S), he is Chief Minister for the entire state.

If he does grama vastavya will it (credit) go only to JD(S)? It will go to entire government," Parameshwara, who is from the Congress, said.

Speaking to reporters here, he said, "We are taking the administration to people, it is not taking Janata Dal to people."

'Grama Vastavya' is a popular programme that Kumaraswamy had launched during his first stint as Chief Minister heading the BJP-JD(S) coalition government in 2006-07.

During his previous stint, Kumaraswamy used to spend the nights at villagers' houses as part of the initiative.

This time, however, he has ...