Karnataka Minister Krishna Byre Gowda Announces Land Registration Reforms and Comments on Actor Darshan’s Jail Privileges

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 26: Karnataka Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda announced that the land registration process will undergo major reforms by September to make governance easier for people. The new changes will reduce the waiting period and lessen the burden on citizens.

Minister Gowda stated, “In the registration department, we are rolling out measures to bring about ease of governance to people. We’ve decided to allow registration activities to take place in any of the sub-registrar offices in a particular district. From 2nd September we are rolling it out across Karnataka. This will reduce the waiting period, a burden on people.”

In a separate statement, Minister Gowda addressed the issue of Kannada film actor Darshan Thoogudeepa receiving special privileges in prison. He said, “If this person is being given extra privileges, it is wrong. Officers who have facilitated such privileges should be held accountable, and action should be taken against them.”

The Karnataka government had earlier suspended seven prison officials after a photo of Darshan smoking a cigarette in jail was widely shared on social media. The suspensions followed directions from Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who instructed the state Director General of Police (DGP) to transfer Darshan and others to different jails. Karnataka Minister G Parameshwara termed it as a lapse and assured it would not be repeated. The actor was lodged in Parappana Agrahara prison in connection with a murder case in Bengaluru.