Kalaburagi, Dec 4: Lok Sabha member and Bharatiya Janata (BJP) Karnataka Unit President B S
Yeddyurappa on Monday alleged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is laying
foundation stones for 519 developmental projects taken up at about Rs 2,468
crore in North Karnataka, just three months before the election to the
Legislative
Assembly, is only to woo the voters.
Addressing a press conference before leaving for Kamalapur to lead 'Parivartana Yatra', Mr Yeddyurappa termed the move by Siddaramaiah as misuse of power and questioned whether the Chief Minister was in 'a state of sound sleep' so far.
Alleging that the State’s financial situation has worsened during the last five years, Mr Yeddyurappa said that the government was not in a position even to pay incentives to milk producers and salaries to elected representatives. "The government has borrowed
Rs 970 crore by pledging corner sites in Bengaluru and has withdrawn Rs 1,400 crore Deposits in Nationalised banks. Despite having borrowed Rs 1.75 lakh crore loan from different financial institutions and received sufficient funds from the 14th Finance
Commission, the State financial condition has not improved," he said.
Referring to the backwardness of Hyderabad-Karnataka region and special status attached to it under Article 371(J) of the Constitution, the former Chief Minister alleged that the present Congress government did little to improve the situation. "In the
last four years, the government had allocated Rs 4,650 crore as special grants to Hyderabad-Karnataka Regional Development Board, but released only Rs 2,350 crore and only Rs 1,337 crore has been spent so far," he alleged.
Replying to a question, Mr Yeddyurappa said that selection of party candidates for the upcoming Assembly poll would solely be based on public opinion. "The party’s National leadership has already got a survey done. It is planning to have two more surveys.
I will separately get another survey done. These exercises help us identify a suitable candidate who enjoys more public support in a particular constituency and has more chances of winning," he added.
He said that party National President Amit Shah has vested all powers on him in finalising candidatures for all 224 constituencies.
He announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would participate in a mass meeting to be held in the last week of January in Bengaluru to mark the culmination of Parivartana Yatra'. UNI
Addressing a press conference before leaving for Kamalapur to lead 'Parivartana Yatra', Mr Yeddyurappa termed the move by Siddaramaiah as misuse of power and questioned whether the Chief Minister was in 'a state of sound sleep' so far.
Alleging that the State’s financial situation has worsened during the last five years, Mr Yeddyurappa said that the government was not in a position even to pay incentives to milk producers and salaries to elected representatives. "The government has borrowed
Rs 970 crore by pledging corner sites in Bengaluru and has withdrawn Rs 1,400 crore Deposits in Nationalised banks. Despite having borrowed Rs 1.75 lakh crore loan from different financial institutions and received sufficient funds from the 14th Finance
Commission, the State financial condition has not improved," he said.
Referring to the backwardness of Hyderabad-Karnataka region and special status attached to it under Article 371(J) of the Constitution, the former Chief Minister alleged that the present Congress government did little to improve the situation. "In the
last four years, the government had allocated Rs 4,650 crore as special grants to Hyderabad-Karnataka Regional Development Board, but released only Rs 2,350 crore and only Rs 1,337 crore has been spent so far," he alleged.
Replying to a question, Mr Yeddyurappa said that selection of party candidates for the upcoming Assembly poll would solely be based on public opinion. "The party’s National leadership has already got a survey done. It is planning to have two more surveys.
I will separately get another survey done. These exercises help us identify a suitable candidate who enjoys more public support in a particular constituency and has more chances of winning," he added.
He said that party National President Amit Shah has vested all powers on him in finalising candidatures for all 224 constituencies.
He announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would participate in a mass meeting to be held in the last week of January in Bengaluru to mark the culmination of Parivartana Yatra'. UNI
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