Siddaramaiah swears by Congress guarantee schemes, says vested interests engaged in false propaganda
Karnataka’s revenue collection was strong enough to support them. The CM, in his Independence Day address in Bengaluru, attacked the previous BJP regime in Karnataka, without naming the party, while insisting that about 1.30 crore poor families would participate in the development process the government was trying to create through the schemes. These families will enjoy the benefits without any middlemen in between, he added.
His government came up with the five guarantee schemes to boost the economic and social energy of the people as people had been in distress due to price rise, unemployment, corruption and discrimination due to caste and religion. “Per capita income in several districts has not increased when compared to our previous tenure and there has been an increase in poverty,” Siddaramaiah said, in an indirect dig at the BJP. “The guarantee schemes will surely herald a new dawn in the life of poor and lower middle class families.
The government is implementing the guarantee schemes cutting across barriers of caste, religion, class and creed,” the CM said, adding that these schemes would unveil Karnataka’s own model of development. “Our government is committed to spend more resources as against the previous governments to ensure basic amenities.” The government, he said, was taking steps to revive some of the successful programmes of his earlier term like Krishi Bhagya, Anugraha Yojane, Vidyasiri and scholarships for students from minority sections, while blaming the previous government for halting them. Karnataka, the CM said, was the second highest tax paying State in the country.
“We are paying over Rs. 4 lakh crore in form of taxes and duties to the Centre. However, we are just getting Rs.
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