Chief Minister Siddaramaiah paid floral tribute and garlanded the statue of former Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to mark the Kalyana Karnataka Utsav (Kalyana Karnataka Liberation Day) at Kalaburagi on September 17.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who arrived at Kalaburagi Airport through special flight and drove straight to the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Chowk , was welcomed with a grand Dollu Kunitha.
Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Priyank Kharge , Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board ( KKRDB) Chairman Ajay Singh, MLAs M.Y. Patil, B.R. Patil , Allamprabhu Patil and Kaneez Fatima; MLCs Thippannappa Kamaknoor and Shashil Namoshi were present.