Mangalore : State Minister for Forests and Ecology and District in-charge Minister Ramanatha Rai  has said that the  Congress government in Karnataka  would work for the overall development of the backward classes and minorities.

He was speaking after accepting felicitation conferred on him by the Muslim Central Committee at a ceremony held in Mangalore on June 23, Sunday.

 Rai said the Chief Minister is  very much aware of  the problems facing the BCs and minorities and said he would respond to their problems and chalk out programmes for development.

Mangalore North MLA Moidin Bava was also honoured. On the occasion.

The Muslim Central Committee   President Mohammad Masood, Kodijal Ibrahim, Vice President, Muslim Central Committee, Thwaka Ahmed Musliyar, Qazi of Mangalore and others were present on the occasion.

The Committee enlisted its demands before the minister including establishment of Tipu University at the earliest and a thorough probe into Panjimogaru double murder case.