Paying glowing tributes to former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs on his birth anniversary in Mysuru on Sunday, Social Welfare Minister H.C. Mahadevappa described Urs as a “social reformer”.
Speaking after offering floral tributes to a portrait of Urs at his 108th birth anniversary celebrations organised by the Mysuru district administration at Kalamandira in the city on Sunday, Mr. Mahadevappa said the former Chief Minister rose to become a popular leader and contribute to the welfare of the society through the quality of his leadership and not with the support of caste or money power.
The quality of Mr. Urs’ leadership needs to be recalled at a time when the country’s politics stood on the strength of caste and money with attempts underway to divide people along the lines of caste and religion, posing a threat to the aspirations of the Constitution. “It is necessary to prevent political power from landing in the hands of people drawing strength from caste and money”, he said.
