Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said he never took crop loans when he was practising agriculture at his native village Siddaramanahundi near Mysuru. Before becoming an advocate and started his practice in Mysuru, Siddaramaiah said he was an agriculturist, cultivating crops with his family members.
“I never took a loan to raise crop. Only once, my father borrowed money from a local bank and none of us took loan thereafter. I think a loan-free life is possible, but I am not recommending not to take loans,” he said.
This year’s Dasara fete is ‘farmer-centric’ and everybody thought ‘Raitha Geethe’ will be sung after ‘Nada Geethe’ at the inaugural event of Dasara atop Chamundi Hills. Many farmers had gathered to witness the event. Perhaps, the singers were not informed about singing of ‘Raitha Geethe’ as they started leaving the venue after singing ‘Nada Geethe’ and the programme went ahead as scheduled. An alert G.T. Deve Gowda, MLA, went to the singers and requested them to sing ‘Raitha Geethe’ (Uluvayogiya Nodalli…..). The singers managed to download the song from the Internet and rendered it melodically.
Heaping praise on progressive farmer Puttaiah, the dignitaries advised farmers to follow in his footsteps for leading a successful and contended life. If Chief Minister Siddaramaiah described Mr. Puttaiah as a “role model”, Minister V. Srinivas Prasad termed him a “force of inspiration”. G.T. Deve Gowda, MLA, went a step ahead and called him the modern-day ‘ Bangarada Manushya ’ (The Golden Man), likening him to the character played by Dr. Rajkumar in the 1972-super hit film ‘Bangarada Manushya’, which was directed by late Siddalingaiah.
