Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, DK Shivakumar (ANI file picture)Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, DK Shivakumar (ANI file picture)BENGALURU: Over the fears expressed by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on 5-guarantees stoppage halfway in Karnataka, Deputy Chief Minister and president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) D.Ok. Shivakumar categorically dominated out 5-guarantee schemes coming to a halt in Karnataka and termed the 5-guarantee schemes as ‘power’ of the Congress occasion.
The Congress occasion after it returned to energy in 2023 Assembly elections carried out its assurance of 5-guarantee schemes corresponding to free journey for girls in State run buses, Rs 2,000 money profit scheme for feminine head of a household, as much as 200 models of free energy to a buyer amongst two others.
He additionally clarified that neither he nor Chief Minister Siddaramaiah have ever considered bringing in modifications to the 5-guarantee carried out within the State or to chop down the schemes. However, he mentioned, deliberations are carried out to distribute identification playing cards to beneficiaries of the 5-guarantee schemes.
Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru after inauguration of 5-Guarantee Scheme Implementation Office in Padmanabha Nagar of Bengaluru, Shivakumar identified that late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi launched outdated age pension, widow pension, amongst others within the nation. In Karnataka, farmers are benefited by 10 hp of free energy to pump units and Stree Shakti Scheme got here into impact through the time period of S.M. Krishna was the Chief Minister and questioned “Have any of these schemes stopped?”
Criticising Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders over their notion on 5-guarantee schemes, Shivakumar said “BJP leaders cannot bring 5-gurantees to a halt even if they take 100 re-birth?”
He threw a query at BJP and Janata Dal Secular (JDS) leaders “Did Yediyurappa, Sadananda Gowda, Jagadeesh Shettar, Basavaraj Bommai (all BJP Chief Ministers) implemented such schemes during their rule” or “Did JDS when in power bring such schemes?”
The Deputy Chief Minister dominated out the State confronted fund crunch owing to implementation of 5-guarantee schemes and said when S.M. Krishna was the Chief Minister (1999-2004) the finances measurement was Rs 26 lakh crore now it’s Rs 3.71 lakh crore. “A sum of Rs 56,000 crore has been set aside for 5-guarantees to run,” he mentioned.
Meanwhile, Minister of Forests and Environment Eshwar Khandre said the 5-guarantee schemes have elevated the buying energy of the folks and greater than a crore folks have come out of under poverty line.