BJP has failed to use central funds

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google News “As you sow so shall you reap. If you cannot cure it endure it as we just cannot help it,” said Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G Parameshwar. He was speaking to reporters here on Monday while leading a team of partymen comprising R V Venkatesh, Jalaja Naik, Rani Satish, Muniyappa and Basavaraja Rayareddy to the drought-hit areas of the district as part of pre-scheduled plan.“The state BJP government has reached the zenith of corruption and the Congress party at the moment just cannot pull it down by force until it completes its full term,” he regretted.He alleged that the state BJP government has just been whiling away time by passing the buck on the Union Government without utilising the funds already released to mitigate the prevailing drought. “Of the total Rs 684 crore released for drought, a mere Rs 64 crore is being utilised, while on drinking water projects only Rs 364 crore is being spent out of Rs 868 crore sanctioned,” he pointed out. But the government which has presented Rs 1 lakh crore budget should have released Rs 10,000 crore for the farmers as suggested by B S Yeddyurappa instead of demanding Rs 11,000 crore more from the Centre, he ridiculed. He questioned whether the government had been awaiting to pass the responsibility of waiving Rs 3,600 crore loans of the farmers in the co-operative banks to the succeeding government since it has not released an order into that effect.first published:September 04, 2012, 11:29 ISTlast updated:September 04, 2012, 11:29 IST
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“As you sow so shall you reap. If you cannot cure it endure it as we just cannot help it,” said Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G Parameshwar.

He was speaking to reporters here on Monday while leading a team of partymen comprising R V Venkatesh, Jalaja Naik, Rani Satish, Muniyappa and Basavaraja Rayareddy to the drought-hit areas of the district as part of pre-scheduled plan.

“The state BJP government has reached the zenith of corruption and the Congress party at the moment just cannot pull it down by force until it completes its full term,” he regretted.

He alleged that the state BJP government has just been whiling away time by passing the buck on the Union Government without utilising the funds already released to mitigate the prevailing drought.

“Of the total Rs 684 crore released for drought, a mere Rs 64 crore is being utilised, while on drinking water projects only Rs 364 crore is being spent out of Rs 868 crore sanctioned,” he pointed out.

But the government which has presented Rs 1 lakh crore budget should have released Rs 10,000 crore for the farmers as suggested by B S Yeddyurappa instead of demanding Rs 11,000 crore more from the Centre, he ridiculed.

He questioned whether the government had been awaiting to pass the responsibility of waiving Rs 3,600 crore loans of the farmers in the co-operative banks to the succeeding government since it has not released an order into that effect.