DK Shivakumar, President, Karnataka Congress
Bengaluru: Only a few months are left for the Karnataka assembly elections. Meanwhile, the exercise to woo the public has started. In this connection, Congress President of Karnataka DK Shivakumar has made a big announcement. He said that if Congress comes to power in the assembly elections, 10 kg rice will be given free of cost every month to BPL families. Even before this, two important promises have been made by the Congress party. The Congress had announced to give 200 units of electricity free of cost to the people of the state, after that, in the presence of Priyanka Gandhi, a housewife from a poor family was guaranteed Rs. 2000 every month.
10 kg free rice every month to BPL family
On the other hand, today the third guarantee of giving 10 kg free rice to BPL families has been announced by the party. The Congress party has made a strategy to release such free schemes at regular intervals till the elections go. Karnataka Congress State President DK Shivakumar said that every month one person from BPL family will be given 10 kg rice for free, Congress party announces this as the third guarantee, we need to ask the people of the state, especially women and youth It is a great pleasure to promise that Congress guarantees 10 kg free rice to every BPL family under Anna Bhagya Yojana.
BJP will give corruption-free government – Amit Shah
This announcement has been made by the Congress at a time when Union Home Minister Amit Shah has promised corruption-free governance to the people of Karnataka during his visit. Addressing a public meeting in Bellary district yesterday, Amit Shah appealed to the people of the country to repose faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, saying that the BJP will give a government that will make the state corruption-free. And will make it the number one state of South India in five years.
Congress linked to ‘tukde-tukde’ gang: Shah
He said, “On one hand the BJP led by Prime Minister Modi is strengthening India, while on the other hand the Congress led by Rahul Gandhi is associated with the ‘tukde-tukde’ gang.” But trust once, and we will give a government that will free Karnataka from corruption and make it the number-one state in South India.” Assembly elections in Karnataka are due in May. Shah recalled that in the 2018 assembly elections, the BJP had emerged as the single largest party but fell short of a few seats to form the government. He said this led to a power play between the Congress and the JD(S) and corruption in Karnataka.
Congress and JD(S) dynastic party-Shah
The Union Home Minister said, “Both Congress and JD(S) are dynastic parties. Dynastic parties do not do good to the people in a democracy.” He claimed, “I want to tell the people of Karnataka that every vote given to JD(S) will go to Congress and every vote given to Congress will ultimately go to Siddaramaiah and his ‘ATM government’, which was the ATM of Delhi.” and was involved in corruption. Shah tried to make fun of the alleged infighting in the Congress camp ahead of the assembly elections. “There is only one post of chief minister, for which both Congress state president DK Shivakumar and former chief minister Siddaramaiah are fighting (among themselves). There are other aspirants in the race (in the Congress). They are good for the people of Karnataka,” he said. will not do.
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