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Trust vote result will not affect us: Minister

Staff Correspondent

Bidar: "Power is transient. Love of the people is permanent," said the Minister for Forests Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli on the confidence vote on Friday.

The Minister was speaking to presspersons while reviewing the preparations for the 72nd national Kannada Sahitya Sammelan, here on Thursday.

To a question, the Minister said it did not matter to him whether he was a Minister or not.

"Even if we lose tomorrow, it will not affect us."

He, however, expressed confidence that the Dharam Singh Government would win the confidence vote.

Funds

The Minister said there was no scarcity of funds for the sammelan. The State Government had released Rs. 1 crore for it. This was highest sum ever released by the government for any sammelan.

The Bidar Zilla Panchayat had released Rs. 15 lakhs. No local body had ever released so much money for any sammelan. The National Mineral Development Corporation Limited had released Rs. 10 lakhs. Government employees had contributed Rs. 38 lakhs.

Despite all this, if the reception committee felt that more money was needed, the Minister said he would request the Government to release more funds.

The Minister said the Chief Minister would inaugurate the sammelana.

"We are confident that he will make it," he said.

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