<span style="color: #222222;">Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has vowed to build a 'Kalyana Rajya', a welfare state with the avowed principle of development as the only Mantra. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In his Independence Day speech at a special function in Bengaluru today, the Chief Minister said that giant strides are taken towards realizing Mahatma Gandhi's dream of building a Ram Rajya. Saying that COVID-19, has posed huge challenges, he noted that the lockdown is not the only solution to reduce the spread of Coronavirus. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He emphasized the need to facilitate the bouncing back of economic activities by following the Central Government guidelines. He appealed to people to make it mandatory to wear face masks, washing hands with soap and maintain social distancing.</span>