Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated on Tuesday that his government will conduct an investigation into and penalize those responsible for all of the alleged frauds and irregularities that occurred under the previous BJP administration.
Noticing that the government will satisfy all the poll promises, he expressed, implementation of Congress' five guarantees will cost Rs 59,000 crore a year to the exchequer, and there is a marginally higher weight on the administration this year.
"We will get scams inquired into. Four medical colleges were constructed and there are allegations about irregularities in it, we will get it investigated. Also we will get allegations of 40 per cent commission probed. There were irregularities in health-related procurements during COVID-19 period, irrigation projects related irregularities and Bitcoin scam, all of them will be probed," Siddaramaiah said.
Addressing reporters, he said probe is on into the Police Sub Inspector (PSI) enlistment trick by the CID; It will become even more intense, and those responsible will be punished.
He added that "the then Health Minister, K. Sudhakar, had said only two had died, but the casualties were more due to a shortage of oxygen supply. He had lied. We will get it inquired."
The Chief Minister took aim at the opposition parties for criticising the government regarding the implementation of poll guarantees and stated that one guarantee already existed, which provided free bus rides for women, Under the "Gruha Jyothi" program, up to 200 free electric units will be given to households starting on July 1. Applications have also been invited for the "Gruha Lakshmi" program, which gives Rs 2,000 to women who are the family's head.
He stated that the central government has "conspired" to ensure that the state government does not receive the required quantity of rice from the Food Corporation of India (FCI), which had initially agreed to supply, as they have stocks, in relation to the "Anna Bhagya" scheme, which aims to provide an additional 5 kg of rice to every member of a BPL household. For this purpose, we need 2,29,000 metric tonnes of rice every month, which is not available anywhere, and the central government has "
"The BJP government at the Centre by ensuring that FCI doesn't supply rice to the state has made an attack on the state's poor, BJP means anti-poor. We are making efforts to source rice through other agencies like NCCF, NAFED and Kendriya Bhandar; we have called quotations and talks are on. We will discuss in the Cabinet and decide tomorrow on the next move, as we are not getting required rice from producing states," he said. As soon as rice is available the scheme will be rolled out.
The CM stated that the "YuvaNidhi" scheme, which will provide graduates without jobs Rs 3,000 per month and diploma holders without jobs Rs 1,500 per month if they do not find work within six months, will be provided for 24 months, during which time the unemployed must find work; It will be stopped from getting jobs.
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