The Karnataka’s tourism minister and iron ore lord Mr. Janrdhana Reddy created history by donating gold and diamond studded Crown to Lord Venkateshwara. It is reported that it is worth more than rupees 42 crores. One presumes that the money involved is legal and tax paid. It gives a broader idea to the general public the amount wealth our politicians have. They swear by the same god, that their entire life is dedicated to the service of people and particularly the poorest of the poor. In the state of Karnataka there thousands of villages without good roads, without primary health centers. There is un solved problems of potable drinking water, good schools in rural areas. The money spent on the Crown could have been better utilized in solving the chronic problems faced by some of the villages of Reddy brothers’ home district of Bellary. God would have been more pleased with that philanthropic work, as the Lord Venkateshwara has already has half dozenof such Crowns.
APPEARED IN DNA NEWS PAPAER BOMBAY 15-06-09
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