Mangalore, Jan 4: Highlighting the extent of maladministration and corruption of the BJP-led government in Karnataka and UPA government at the Centre, state president of Janata Dal (Secular) H D Kumaraswamy said that it was taking its toll on countless middle-class and low-class families in the State.
Speaking at the JD(S) party workers' convention held at Assaigoli Central Maidan on the outskirts of the city on Friday, he said that ever since the BJP came into power in the State four years ago, it had achieved close to nothing apart from making false promises to the people of Karnataka. From the day it has come to power, the party has been plagued by internal conflicts and lack of mutual trust, while the level of administration has sunk to the lowest rung. The vast sum of tax-payers' hard-earned money is being utterly misused by corrupt BJP officials. Such is the extent of corruption in the state. It is the worst government I have seen till date, he said.
Criticising former chief minister B S Yeddiyurappa and the newly-formed KJP, he said that the man had taken false credit for having initiated the Bhagyalakshmi scheme when he was the chief minister of Karnataka. While he is now proclaiming himself as a protector of the Muslim community and the minorities, it was the BJP government led by him that was in power when attacks took place on various churches in the district, women were assaulted in several incidents and minorities were tortured in the name of culture. Religion should not be important to an elected representative of the people, but rather improving the condition of those struggling in poverty. He must first and foremost think of those people who struggle for a daily meal, the BJP government takes no measures for their betterment, he said.
He said that the BJP government removed subsidy on fertilisers for the needy farmers, thus rendering them without means to grow proper crops. BPL cards were not distributed to few poor families, depriving them of several facilities. The economic situation of the country has been steadily deteriorating, due to several policies brought by the Congress-led UPA government. If this continues, middle-class families will be brought to streets, he said.
Asking for support from the people in the coming elections, he said that he would ensure clean drinking water in every home in the district and assured title-deeds of Kumki land to farmers. He also guaranteed strict policies for Endosulfan victims and affected families in the State to aid them, increasing the monthly wages for widows and elderly to Rs 1500, provision of Rs 2000 as monthly wages for the disabled and financial aid to those in severe debt.
JD(S) Dakshina Kannada district president M B Sadashiva also spoke on the occasion.
JD(S) leaders such as former ministers K Amaranath Shetty and B Nagaraj Shetty, Sushil Noronha, Shakeel Ahmed, Mohammed Kunhi Vittla, Vishwanath Pandit, D M Aslam, Pradeep Karkera and Abdul Azeez Malar participated in the convention.
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