Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar give away awards during the Gandhi Grama Puraskara ceremony in Bengaluru on Monday. Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge is also seen.
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Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday described BJP leaders as “Burude Gang” for, he said, they claim credit without doing work.
“We (Congress) introduced the guarantee schemes to help women fight inequality. Did BJP do that? Who brought the food security law? It was Manmohan Singh,” Siddaramaiah said.
“People chant ‘Modi, Modi’ in spite of him doing nothing. By doing such politics in the country…they’re like the Burude Gang,” Siddaramaiah said.
The CM was speaking at an event where 238 best-performing gram panchayats were given the 2023-24 Gandhi Gram Puraskar awards. The CM also launched the e-Swathu 2.0 portal.
Siddaramaiah slammed the Modi administration for not providing funds for schemes such as Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).
He also criticised the union government for giving Karnataka only 13-15 paise for every rupee that goes from the state.
Siddaramaiah also said that it was BJP’s former Rajya Sabha member, the late Rama Jois who moved court against reservation in local bodies for women.
Under the new e-Swathu 2.0 platform, rural local bodies will take up a one-time measure to issue khatas to unauthorised properties constructed before April 2025 by imposing double tax. About 95 lakh rural properties will be brought under the tax net through e-Swathu 2.0, Panchayat Raj Commissioner Dr Arundhathi Chandrashekar said.
Earlier, the time limit to provide khatas was 45 days. This has been brought down to 15 days. Any delay will result in “deemed approval.”