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Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy connected Thursday accused the State authorities of “looting Bengaluru residents successful the sanction of a Diwali gift,” alleging that it is extorting ₹15,000 crore nether the pretext of a 100-day thrust converting ‘B-Khata’ properties into ‘A-Khata’.
Speaking to presspersons aft inaugurating the newly-built modern car basal astatine Sanjay Circle successful Mandya, he said, “People thought a Diwali gift (the 100-day campaign) would bring them existent relief. Seeing the large advertisements, adjacent I believed it. But successful reality, it has turned retired to beryllium a betrayal of the radical successful the sanction of Diwali.”
Mr. Kumaraswamy remarked that Bengaluru residents are being “gifted” a daze instead. To person from ‘B-Khata’ to ‘A-Khata’, radical are required to wage an exertion interest of ₹500. “In the sanction of this interest alone, the authorities is extracting hundreds of crores. For a 30x40 plot, they are charging betwixt ₹4 to ₹8 lakh. Earlier, residents had to wage lone ₹10,000-₹13,000. Now, they are being forced to wage successful lakhs. Through this ‘A-Khata’ drive, the State authorities is taking the radical for a ride,” helium alleged.
“Is this what it means to amended people’s lives nether the alleged guarantees? By burdening citizens with caller levies, they are trying to bring successful a sixth guarantee. Since this authorities came to power, it has been indulging successful fleecing citizens. Its lone absorption is connected making wealth astatine each opportunity,” Mr. Kumaraswamy charged.
Claiming that the authorities has gone bankrupt, the Union Minister said, “The State authorities has nary money. That is wherefore it is dipping its manus into each pouch it tin find. Forget pothole filling successful the State, it cannot adjacent capable potholes successful Bengaluru.”
Lashing retired astatine Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Mr. Kumaraswamy said, “The Chief Minister has questioned the publication of JD(S) successful the State. A elder Congress person came to Delhi precocious to inquire astir my health, and helium himself admitted that works nether the ₹500-crore assistance fixed successful 2018 are inactive going on.”
“Let the Chief Minister, who speaks of grants, spot the records of however overmuch I gave erstwhile I was successful powerfulness and however overmuch helium has fixed successful his tenure earlier the people,” Mr. Kumaraswamy challenged.
Mr. Kumaraswamy inaugurated the modern car basal constructed astatine a outgo of ₹35 lakh astatine Sanjay Circle. “This car basal has been built from the MP’s improvement funds of erstwhile Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda and myself. It is simply a modern and spacious installation that volition greatly payment car drivers and passengers. The request for specified a basal had been agelong pending, and we are gladsome to person fulfilled it successful a abbreviated time,” helium said.
C.S. Puttaraju, erstwhile Minister; Ramesh, JD(S) territory president; Vivekananda, MLC; and others were present.
