BJP resolves to counter Congress campaign over release of Central funds to Karnataka

The State BJP’s core committee meeting, chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah here on Sunday, resolved to counter the Congress’ campaign against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government over the alleged injustice to Karnataka by providing comprehensive information on release of Central funds to the State.

The State BJP’s core committee meeting, chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah here on Sunday, resolved to counter the Congress’ campaign against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government over the alleged injustice to Karnataka by providing comprehensive information on release of Central funds to the State.

The Congress’ campaign against the Modi government over the alleged discrimination in release of funds to Karnataka came up for discussion at the core committee meeting, which discussed strategies for the coming Lok Sabha polls.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, party State unit president B.Y. Vijayendra said the BJP, in the coming days, would expose the Congress government’s “malicious” campaign against the Centre by providing comprehensive information on the funds released during Mr. Modi’s regime.

Former national general secretary of BJP, C.T. Ravi said the party would release all data on release of Central funds to Railways, construction of roads and for other welfare programmes of the State during Mr. Modi’s tenure.

Seeking to counter the Congress campaign on the issue, Mr. Ravi claimed that Karnataka had received a total of ₹1.42 lakh crore from the Centre in the form of tax devolution and grant-in-aid during the 10 years of the Manmohan Singh government. However, during Mr. Modi’s rule, it received a total of ₹4.91 lakh crore, which is about ₹3.49 lakh crore more.

Yet, the Congress government in the State was making an effort to create a misunderstanding among the people over the issue, he lamented.

“The State’s treasury may be empty. So, they have come up with such a campaign to cover up their failures,” Mr. Ravi alleged while accusing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of designing such a “toolkit” to stir up “regional chauvinism” to counter “nationalistic feelings”.