HD Kumaraswamy cautioned voters
Bengaluru: JDS state president HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday criticized the state Congress government and its leaders for rampant corruption and failure on all fronts and appealed to voters in five poll-bound states, including Telangana, not to be misled by their false assurances. of.
Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, the former CM said, “I request the voters of the five states not to be misled by the false assurances of Congress leaders.” “In Karnataka, not only did they announce five guarantees, but many of their candidates also distributed (gift) cards to people to buy materials worth Rs 5000 after the elections. Be careful, a day or two before voting they will announce this (gift card) guarantee to mislead you. They did the same in Karnataka to come to power and want to extend it to the entire country,” he said.
Taking aim at CM Siddaramaiah, Kumaraswamy said that he had promised to provide 200 units of free electricity but pushed Karnataka into darkness and now he is talking about giving five hours of uninterrupted electricity to the farmers in Telangana, a state which provides 24-hour electricity to the farmers. are doing. , He said, Congress leaders are talking about filling 2 lakh government jobs in Telangana, but they have not been able to fill even 2.5 lakh jobs in Karnataka. Congress leaders about Shakti Yojana (free travel for women in state transport corporation buses) But there is a shortage of buses and staff to maintain the fleet, and many women, including those in Mysuru, the CM’s home district, have not received money under it. “Griha Lakshmi” scheme, he said and added that there is an acute shortage of staff in many departments, including the agriculture department.
He also criticized the Siddaramaiah government for stopping the additional amount of Rs 4000 given to farmers along with Rs 6,000 under PM Kisan Samman Yojana. It was started during the BJP government in the state and discontinued by the Siddaramaiah government, but now they are talking about giving financial assistance to farmers in Telangana, which is the first state in the country to give Rs 10,000.
He said, to the farmers under the Raita Bandu scheme.
The JDS leader accused the Congress central leadership of setting all ministers the target of collecting funds for elections in other states. The former CM said that there is no question of the regional party merging with BJP and it has retained its identity. He said, “We are part of NDA.” ‘Rs 1.9 crore for imported furniture’
Kumaraswamy said a minister got furniture worth Rs 1.9 crore imported for the CM’s official residence. He said that according to his information it was not government money, but a minister had received it. “This is an updated version of the Hublot watch,” he said, referring to the controversy over Siddaramaiah gifting an expensive watch during his previous tenure as CM.
