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Udupi : Ivan D’Souza MLC and Christian leader and Pramod Madhwaraj a candidate for Udupi-Chickmagaluru Constituency interacted with Christian leaders of Udupi district at Mathura Comforts near Sri Krishna Temple here on Saturday, March 6.

Various Christian domination leaders placed various demands with Ivan D’Souza, Revenue department Secretary for Chief Minister and he gave in brief what he tried for the Christian communities from the state government.

Ivan promised the Christian leaders to try his best in every problems faced by the community. He said for the first time in the state, Chief Minister Kumaraswamy has established separate Christian Development Council in the current budget. Around Rs. 250 crores devoted to Christian Development Council and already released Rs 200 crores. Christian officials will be appointed for the post of Christian Development Council, he said.

Christian communities should understand the various schemes by the government and take advantage from various schemes for the development of minorities. Other sects of minorities are able to take advantage from the various schemes from the minorities department. But the Christian communities very few were able to get the same, he said.

Ivan said that we are planning to organize a holy pilgrimage tour to Israel like Muslims pilgrimage to Haj tour. The discussions are going on with Israel government and our government. Israel government has agreed to send special flights for the tour, he said.

Ivan said that I will personally solve whatever problems of the Christian communities. It would be better to arrange office at Udupi or Shirva to help our communities at large. Once in a week, I would try to meet in that office if Christian community give me office, he said.

Later, Pramod Madhwaraj was joined the interaction programme with Christian leaders. Pramod Madhwaraj said that for a peaceful society like Christians, we need to elect a leader who cares all the communities equally. I respect all religions equally. God is one for all religious people as per their respective Holy books. In JD(S) symbol, I contesting Lok Sabha election as Congress and JD(S) coalition candidate, Pramod said.

Pramod Madhwaraj said that when he was a district in-charge minister I had taken all precautionary measures to avoid any communal conflicts even though there were many communal conflicts in neighboring district. WE want peace in the district and if elected he will give importance to create a peaceful environment for all, he said.

Pramod Madhwaraj said that it would be God’s wish to winning or losing the election. In the last legislative assembly election, I lost the election. Now God has given chance to contest in MP election to win, he said.

Wilson Rodrigues, Jithendra Furtado, Michael Ramesh D’Souza, Ronald Karkada, Walter Saldanha, Louis Lobo, DR. Nery Cornelio, Prashanth Jathanna, Dion D’Souza, Janest Barboza, Melwyn D’Souza, Mary D’Souza and other leaders were present.