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Former State president of the BJP, Nalin Kumar Kateel, connected Monday demanded that the State authorities travel retired with a achromatic insubstantial connected the Budget allocations from the Union authorities to Karnataka.
Addressing property persons Mr. Kateel, a erstwhile subordinate of Parliament of Dakshina Kannada, said that the State authorities has been alleging that the Union authorities is not releasing funds to Karnataka. “Releasing a achromatic insubstantial would intelligibly uncover the existent funds released by the Union authorities to the State,” helium said.
Responding to the Karnataka State Contractors’ Association’s allegation that the authorities owed ₹37,370 crore to contractors, and the State government’s assertion that the bills could not beryllium cleared owed to the Centre’s nonaccomplishment to merchandise its dues, Mr. Kateel said that administrative nonaccomplishment of the State authorities had led to the non-payment of contractors’ bills.
“Karnataka volition soon look a concern wherever determination volition beryllium nary funds to wage the salaries of authorities employees. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who has presented respective Budgets successful the past, has failed to measure the State’s income and expenditure earlier announcing the warrant schemes. Karnataka is heading towards bankruptcy owed to the fiscal load of the 5 warrant schemes introduced by the Congress government. Yet, Siddaramaiah is trying to blasted the Centre. Why has helium not responded to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s clarification connected taxation devolution?” helium asked.
Replying to a query connected Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s assertion that nary high-speed bid would travel to Bengaluru, contempt announcements successful the Union Budget, citing the impracticality of 50:50 backing projects, Kateel said that the bulk of railway projects are implemented connected a 50:50 cost-sharing basis. “The authorities authorities does not privation to instrumentality Centre-led projects and is trying to curtail them,” helium alleged.
On the State government’s absorption to the VB-G RAM G Act, Mr. Kateel said the caller inaugural has accrued the fig of workdays to 125 and focuses connected plugging monolithic leakages, reducing corruption, and improving the prime of assets created.
He said the Union Budget 2026-27 lays a beardown instauration for achieving Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s imaginativeness of Viksit Bharat. Financial enactment for coconut and cocoa crops would payment farmers successful the coastal region, portion work exemptions and export promotion measures for marine products would fortify the fisheries sector.
He said that elections to metropolis corporations, zilla panchayats, and taluk panchayats person been delayed owed to the powerfulness tussle betwixt the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister.
