1. Millions of people from across Karnataka joined Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in reading the preamble of the Indian Constitution today, celebrated worldwide as International Day of Democracy. Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti, Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar, Social Welfare Minister H.C. Mahadevappa, Home Minister G. Parameshwara, other Ministers in the Congress government in Karnataka, and a large number of government employees and students attended the programme at Vidhana Soudha at 10 a.m.
2. Reading the preamble of the Constitution will be held across various location in Bengaluru and elsewhere, some of which are initiatives of civil society groups and educational institutions as well. Bangalore University in holding a reading in front of the administration office in Jnanabharathi campus at 11.30 a.m. Bahutva Karnataka, a progressive collective, is holding similar events outside Ulsoor Metro Station, outside J.J.R. Nagar Police Station, and other locations. Reading has also been arranged on the steps of Town Hall at 5 p.m.
3. Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Regional Office, Bengaluru, and the Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST), are jointly organizing a workshop to discuss agroforestry promotion, present policies and changes in Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023. Bivash Ranjan, IFS, Additional Director General of Forests (Wildlife), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, will be the chief guest. The workshop will be held in the Institute of Wood Science and Technology in Malleswaram at 2.30 p.m.
