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The Bharatiya Janata Party and its state Janata Dal (Secular) connected Saturday accused the Congress authorities successful Karnataka of “spreading misinformation” connected the Union government’s VB-G RAM G scheme, portion welcoming Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s determination to convene a peculiar league of the Legislature to sermon the issue.
At a associated property league addressed by Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy, BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra and different elder enactment leaders, the Opposition confederation said the strategy was a large agrarian employment and livelihood programme conceptualised nether Prime Minister Narendra Modi and aimed astatine strengthening gram panchayats and societal audits.
Mr. Vijayendra said the Congress was attempting to “mislead” radical by claiming that the strategy would dilute MGNREGA. “The Centre has accrued the fig of workdays from 100 to 125 and ensured funds scope beneficiaries directly. Gram panchayat decisions volition proceed arsenic earlier and powers are not being taken away. The Congress ne'er thought of schemes but lone scams during its years successful power. It is present campaigning against the strategy adjacent earlier its rotation out,” helium said, asserting that the BJP-JD(S) would instrumentality the contented to the colony level to antagonistic the “misinformation”.
Open debate
Mr. Kumaraswamy challenged Congress leaders to an unfastened statement connected the scheme. He said the Congress, which ruled the state for decades, did not sanction large schemes aft Mahatma Gandhi and had “failed to code corruption and fake bills nether MGNREGA”. “MGNREGA has not been stopped. Irregularities person been corrected. The Congress is present opposing transparency and societal audits,” helium said.
According to him, the strategy follows a 60:40 backing pattern, with the Centre bearing the larger share. He said the strategy provides for task plan astatine the gram panchayat level, precedence mounting by gram sabhas and mandatory societal audits. “This level of accountability was missing earlier,” helium said, claiming that the Centre was not weakening panchayat powers oregon State rights.
Fake occupation cards
The Opposition confederation alleged that the State authorities had antecedently failed to forestall fake occupation cards and inflated bills, and cited past incidents wherever wage payments were delayed.
Both leaders welcomed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s determination to convene a two-day peculiar league to sermon the scheme. “Let america statement what the Congress achieved done MGNREGA and what the Centre has done successful the past 10 years,” Mr. Vijayendra said, adding that the State authorities had not yet notified its promised State Education Policy aft deciding not to instrumentality the National Education Policy.
The confederation besides alleged that the Congress was incapable to judge the Prime Minister’s popularity and was attempting to make discontent. It said the Opposition would not let “false narratives” to spell unchallenged.
