Achi news desk-
CM Siddaramaiah (File)
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah held a symbolic protest in front of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi. During this, he alleged that the central government had done injustice to Karnataka by releasing drought relief funds. He said that after knocking on the doors of the Supreme Court, the Central Government released only Rs 3454 crore. Whereas the Karnataka government has demanded a compensation of Rs 18171 crore from the center for drought relief.
SM Siddaramaiah on Sunday sat on dharna in front of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Vidhan Soda complex located near the Legislature and Secretariat. During this period, Deputy Minister DK Shivkumar and many ministers and MLAs also stayed with him. Holding the ‘Chombo’, a water vessel A round symbolizing emptiness and fraud, the leaders accused the Center of betraying Karnataka. It said that the central government has not released enough aid to deal with the drought. The Karnataka government has declared 226 of the total taluks in the state as drought-hit. Due to this, crops have been damaged in an area of ​​48 lakh hectares.
According to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, he has demanded Rs 18171 crore from the central government for drought relief. When the Center did not provide relief, the state approached the Supreme Court, after which the central government ordered the release of the relief amount of Rs 3454 crore only. According to him, this amount is not even a fourth of the state requirement.
