Surprise Win for Patil in Rajya Sabha Poll

G SWARAJYA April 29, 1972 MYSORE LETTER: Kannada Language Committee ~ made'! in November last would be earnestly considered by the Gov SURPRISE, WIN FOR PATIL' IN ern'mJnt, it contained no reference RAJYA SABHA POLL to the Mahajan Commission's re BANGA:bORE, April 16: Both candidates, Mr N arasaiah and Mr port 6n the Mysore-Maharashtra tne Legislative Council and the Narayan, got only 42 and 32 votes boundary issue. Assembly unanimously passed respectively and MrNarayan got , RS. 130 CRORES OVERALL' resolutions ratifying the 25th defeated. The Congress (R) cir DEFICIT _ A!nendment to the Constitution,. cles felt that there might have Mr liGhorpade, the Finance Mi- without much of a debate. The been cross-voting in their party " nister,' presented an interim bud leader pf the Old Congress in the to the extent of 10. Congress (O) get to seek a vote on account for Council, Mr T. N. Narasimha sources, however, placed cross the first 4 months of 1972-73 which Murthy, congratulated the Central voting by the Congress (R) mem showed an overall deficit of Rs Government on bringing this "his bers at 12. 30.52 ~rores and a revenue surplus toric", , measure. MrG. S. UUal The cross-voting in the Rajya of Rs i1.21 crores. No new taxes (Jan Sangh) welcomed the Am- Sabha election brought about a were proposed, as the full budget eli'dment, and in the same last-minute change in favour of for 1972-73 would be presented breath, expressed concern about Mr M. V. Rama Rao, a former . in Jurlb. Putting the overdrafts the interests of small men against Minister and an independent at tJle end of the current ovear at w110m the Government might use member of the Council, in the the figure of Rs 76 crores-i.e., itsi "arbitrary powers". In the election to the chairmanship of Rs 46 crores more than what it was As_sembly, the Leader of the Oppo the State Legislative Council at thel same time last year, the sition, Mr H. D. Gowda (Old Con which took place on April 10. The Minister said that long-term solu gress), welcomed the Amendment. Congress (R) has 24 members in tions tb the problem of financillg Mr T. R. Shamanna (Ind.) said a House of B3 with three vacan Plans 1!IP to a level and non-Plan- such amendments would pave, the cis, and, therefore, needed 6 more . expenditure should be found. He' w~y for communism. Thus, in votes. The Congress (0) had set said th:kt, the two main, reasons for both the Houses dissent was up Mr S. D. Gaonkar. The Con the deficit were the "inheritance" tot"ally absent. The Chief Minis gress (0) candidate, Mr Gaonkar, of Rs jLl7 crores commitment ,on ter; Mr Devaraj U rs, said, in the secured 32 votes, as against 24, account of increased emoluments course of his reply, that his party polled by the Ruling Congress to Gowernment employees and had. "dispelled the apprehension, supported independent can expendliture of Rs 11 crores on the of home that the Government at didate, Mr Rama Rao. Mr Rama Cauverf projects. He added that a later stage might abridge other Rao, who secured all the Cong he wo~\.ld discuss with the Union fundamental rights." , ress (R) votes, however, lost to Finance Minister as to how the In the elections to the Rajya Mr Gaonkar, who . got elected. large' overall deficit would be Sal?ha held on April 8, to fill the This was the second successive covere9 by special assistance .from 4 seats that had become vacant, debacle experienced by the .Rul the Centre. the Ruling Congress had fielded ing Congress. The work and programme of the Bangalore Tamil Sangam, which 4 ~andidates, namely, Mr T. A. GOVERNMENT PROMISES 'a few I~ears ago completed the Pai; former Chairman of the LIC, URBAN PROPERTY CEILING Mi~ Maqsood Ali Khan, a former construction of a building worth Deputy Minister in the State, Mr The highlights of the Governor, Rs 4 l4khs with the help of the H. LS. Narasaiah and Mr M. D. Mr Mohanlal Sukhadia's address Mysore! and the Tamil Nad-Gov Narayan. The Old Congress had to the Legislature last month, ernments and the public, has gone ' set~ up Mr Veerendra Patil, for were that the Government had a long I'way in promoting healthy mer Chief Minister and MPCC decided to fix a ceiling on urban. and fri~ndly relations between the (0») chief. The Congress (R) property and to amend the land different linguistic groups in the which has a strength of 165 in reforms law in the State in pur city. Sikhs and Muslims attend the~ Assembly, had allotted 47 suance of the national policy. the Tarhil class and Tamilians votes each to its first three candi The Governor noted widespread ,learn K~lllnada in the Kannada diates and 24 to the other candl, malpractices in the cooperatives class rflU by the Sangam. It dat~, Mr M. D. Narayan and per and said that cooperative has proposed to bring out a mitted him to canvass votes among audit would be strengthened. Tamil-Kannada and Kannada- thel Opposition members. The The address, deemed to be , Tamil dictionary and has plans to strength of the Congress (0) in the briefest of its kind, also translate 'Kannada novels and the'Assembly is 24. Surprisingly, touched the vexed issue of over other ~orks into Tamil and vice Mr 'Patil polled the highest num drafts. The Governor pleaded versa. The President, Mr K. Sub ber of votes, 49. While the for "sympathetic consideration" of ramania6, said that the Sangam first two Congress (R) candi the State's position by the Central wanted Ito teach as many Indian dates, Mr T. A. Pai and Mr Government. While the address languag~s as possible according Magsood Ali Khan, got their stated that the Cauvery irrigation to the response from the pcopl8 allotted quota of 47 votes each, projects would be speeded up and belonging to various linguist ic the t;party s ,third and the fourth that the recommendations of the groups. .

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