Former prime minister HD Devegowda on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to determine a bronze statue of Kempegowda on the premises of Parliament constructing in Delhi. He additionally mentioned that Kempegowda – who is alleged to be the founding father of Bengaluru – might be seen as a logo of India’s technological leap.
In a letter to PM Modi, HD Devegowda wrote, “It’s a request to contemplate establishing a bronze statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda within the premises of our Parliament. Could I kindly urge you to provide your undivided consideration to this request. As you might be conscious Kempegowda established the town of Bangalore within the sixteenth century. and the seeds that he sowed centuries in the past has immediately flowered right into a globally famend metropolis that we’re all happy with.”
Devegowda additionally wrote that there isn’t any different metropolis in India with as a lot technological excellence as Bengaluru. “Kempegowda who personifies Bangalore might very effectively be seen as a logo of India’s technological leap. There is no such thing as a different metropolis in India that homes as many private and non-private establishments of scientific and technological excellence,” he asserted.
A memorandum on the identical by the Kempegowda Central Committee was additionally submitted to the Prime Minister’s workplace, mentioned the senior chief of Janata Dal (Secular). The Karnataka authorities additionally introduced that they’re putting in a Kempegowda statue at Bengaluru’s Vidhana Soudha.
PM Modi shall be unveiling a 108 ft Kempegowda statue – which known as the ‘statue of prosperity’ – on the Bengaluru airport on November 11.