Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday slammed the previous BJP government of the State saying that financial indiscipline and commission "scourge" of the latter was troubling government contractors.
Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) met Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to discuss various issues including hike in power tariffs.
Siddaramaiah who met with Shah late on Wednesday in New Delhi and discussed the issue of rice supply to the State told him that the Centre's policy was causing obstacles in supply of food for the poor, according to the Chief Minister's office.
He said that after the Congress-led government announced the implementation of the Scheme in the state on June 2, the Centre asked the FCI to ban the sale of rice to the states.
An attractive world-class tree park will be developed on NGEF premises at an estimated cost of Rs. 30 crores by retaining its existing greenery, medium and large scale industries minister MB Patil said on Tuesday.
The BJP staged a protest against Congress government in the state to counter its demonstration which was held against the Centre for not "providing" rice to the state and joined by Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and many congress workers.
Speaking to the media at the BJP office on Monday, he said, "The Congress government did not make advance preparations to provide rice and now to cover up their failure, the state government is staging a politically motivated protest against the central government. The ministers are fixing t
"This meeting will be held to implement the five guarantees given by the Congress within the state and the promises made in the manifesto. Rahul Gandhi can also be present in this meeting," party sources told ANI.
The first day of the 'Gruha Jyothi' scheme providing up to 200 units of free electricity to all residential households in Karnataka, saw over 55,000 consumer registration, stated an official government release.
Reacting to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's allegations that the Centre asked FCI to stop the direct sale of rice to states after the Congress government requested for additional sale of rice from the Corporation for its ambitious Anna Bhagya programme, Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Sur
'There is a growing demand from the people and representatives for seeing this proposal to fruition. Kalyan Karnataka is one of our top priorities' the CM wrote.
Former Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday slammed the Siddaramaiah government over its decision to repeal the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2022, (popularly called the anti-conversion Bill) and said that the Congress government is jeopardizing the interest