Achi news desk-
Congress leaders in Bangalore launched a front against the central government. Several leaders, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, protested against the drought relief funds given by the Centre. The state government claims that the central government is behaving in a step-motherly way.
223 talukas of the state remained dry
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said, “In the name of the Congress party, we protested against the central government. Narendra Modi and Amit Shah hate the farmers of Karnataka. On September 22, we gave a memorandum to the central government. The central team then arrived and inspected the country. 223 taluks of the country lie dry. Amit Shah reached Chenpatnam and said that the state government had issued the memorandum late. The farmers are troubled by drought. So far we have distributed 650 million rupees to the farmers. Karnataka was not given relief because of Nirmala Sitharaman and Narendra Modi.
A great injustice has been done
Congress MP and general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala said, “A huge injustice has been done to Karnataka. The Modi government is trying to take revenge on the farmers and people of Karnataka. This revenge politics of BJP has come to the fore today. They have no right to step on the land of Karnataka without Rs 18,172 crore .That’s why our PM is sitting here.Justice should be done to Karnataka.Modi government’s hostility towards Karnataka should end.
We are not asking for any donation
Karnataka Congress MLA Rizwan Arshad says: “We are not asking for any donation. We are demanding our rights, which we pay in the form of taxes to the central government. When we are in trouble, when our farmers are in trouble, it should be returned. We are in the grip of a severe drought, 95 percent of karnataka is in the grip of severe drought no rain for last 10 months why PM modi has not given us compensation?
Should we go to court for our rights?
He further said, ‘What does this put you against Karnataka? Therefore, we had to go to the Supreme Court. Now, the Supreme Court has given the directions. Hence, the Modi government agreed to release the compensation this week. Should we go to court for our rights? Why are we striking? Because it shouldn’t happen again. They cannot discriminate against South Indian states. According to the law, we have to get compensation of Rs 17,800 crore. We require it by law, according to drought relief.
