Byndoor, Oct 26: Congress leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah said on Thursday campaigned for the coalition candidate Madhu Bangarappa of Janata Dal (Secular) for bypolls to Shivamogga parliamentary seat.
Addressing a campaign meet at Nagur in Byndoor Assembly constituency, which comes under Shivamogga parliamentary seat, he said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government has neglected farmers and was only serving the corporate class.
Mr Siddaramaiah said that when he was the Chief Minister, he had waived farm loans from cooperative societies to the tune of Rs. 8,165 crore. Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has decided to waive loans worth Rs. 48,000 crore. But in spite of several requests, the Union government has not waived any loans of farmers. It has only conveniently waived debts of the corporate sector to the tune of Rs. 2,38,000 crore.
He said that the Prime Minister had assured to bring black money stashed in foreign accounts to the country. But so far, nothing has come back. Instead, wilful defaulters such as Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi have been allowed to leave the country. Rafale deal was the biggest scam with regard to Defence matters in the history of the country, he said.
Mr. Siddaramaiah said the BJP was only interested in fanning communal tension and was portraying itself as the sole custodian of Hinduism.
“Am I not a Hindu? But can you fill the stomach of poor people only in the name of Hindutva or stoking religious passions,” he questioned. Both B.S. Yeddyurappa, MP for Shivamogga for the last four-and-a-half years, and before that his son B.S. Raghavendra, MP for five years, had failed to bring a single development project, he said.
Later, speaking to presspersons, Mr. Siddaramaiah said the tie-up with JD(S) will continue for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls also.
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