I don’t count on BJP to come back to a public debate on growth works in Karnataka: CM

When requested if he anticipated the BJP leaders to participate in a debate, Mr. Siddaramaiah mentioned he had invited them a number of occasions earlier additionally. “People who lie don’t come,” he mentioned, dubbing the BJP leaders as “liars”.

However, the Chief Minister mentioned he was able to take part within the debate if the BJP leaders got here ahead.

The Congress authorities organised a conference in Vijayanagar earlier this yr to mark two years of its rule within the State, he mentioned, including that the “BJP’s lies” concerning the State authorities have been uncovered with greater than two lakh folks taking part within the programme.

The State authorities was spending ₹52,000 crore yearly on the assure programmes. He mentioned the BJP, which criticises the State authorities, had copied its assure programmes in different States.

GST WOES OF SMALL TRADERS

With regard to complaints of small merchants receiving notices from the Commercial Taxes Department for transactions by way of UPI, Mr. Siddaramaiah mentioned his authorities will talk about the matter with the Centre and the division and can decide.

He mentioned Goods and Sales Tax (GST) Council doesn’t come beneath the State authorities. However, the federal government will take up the matter with the Union authorities and talk about it with the State’s Commercial Taxes Department.

When requested concerning the invitation prolonged by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s son and Minister for Information and Technology Nara Lokesh to firms to spend money on their State following Karnataka authorities’s choice to drop notification for land acquisition in Devanahalli, Mr. Siddaramaiah expressed confidence that no firm will go away Karnataka.

“We didn’t say that we are going to not give land to buyers. We will give land. No business will go away Karnataka,” Mr. Siddaramaiah mentioned, ruling out any capital flight from Karnataka regardless of the “politics” performed by Mr. Naidu and his son.