Karnataka’s incumbent chief minister Basavaraj Bommai and former chief minister Siddaramaiah are at loggerheads and have been taking jibes at one another because the state’s meeting election is closing in on the doorsteps. CM Bommai on Saturday mentioned Siddaramaiah plunged the state into main debt burden as he took most mortgage throughout his tenure as chief minister. Equally, the chief of opposition within the state meeting alleged the BJP authorities of being concerned in looting and bribery.
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“Within the historical past of Karnataka, Chief of the Opposition within the State Legislative Meeting Siddaramaiah has the credit score of taking the utmost mortgage throughout his 5 years ruling because the chief minister,” Bommai mentioned.
The previous CM claimed that there was a pro-Congress wave throughout the state. He additional mentioned that solely 10% of labor introduced in earlier 12 months’s finances has been carried out and that the state’s borrowing capability touched ₹3 lakh crore. To which, Bommai responded that particulars on the implementation of the final 12 months’s finances can be offered within the coming finances.
In a collection of tweet, Siddaramaiah criticised the BJP-led state authorities over quite a few areas. He recalled his chief ministerial tenure and mentioned how he waived off farmers’ loans, which the present authorities didn’t do.
“Once I was the Chief Minister, 22 lakh 27 thousand farmers had deposited Rs. 50,000 as much as a complete of ₹8,165 crore. I waived the mortgage. @BSBommai, Yeddyurappa, @narendramodi anybody waived off farmers’ loans?” he requested in certainly one of his tweets in Kannada which has been loosely translated.
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He additional in contrast the state authorities with the story of ‘Alibaba and 40 theives’ for allegedly looting. He added that the BJP did not come to energy with the blessing of individuals however “paying ₹15-20 crore to MLAs”.
CM Bommai, however, ‘suggested’ Siddaramaiah to “safeguard” the MLAs of the area the place he’s touring underneath the Praja Dhwani Yatra.
The Karnataka meeting election is scheduled for this 12 months and senior BJP chief B S Yediyurappa exuded confidence that polls more likely to happen earlier than April 10-12.