<p>Madikeri (Karnataka): Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that the BJP never fulfilled its promises in the past and will not fulfil its promises in the future as well. </p><p>Speaking to presspersons on his arrival at Golf Ground helipad in Madikeri, Siddaramaiah said during the 2018 assembly elections in Karnataka, the BJP had made 600 promises and fulfilled only 60 promises.</p><p>To a query on BJP’s Sankalp Patra' which promised cheaper LPG cylinders, Yuvashakti, Narishakti, the CM said there is a need to discuss the promises that were made in the past. </p><p>"Whether the BJP’s promise on depositing Rs 15 lakh in the bank accounts, generation of two crore employment, doubling the income of the farmers, Make in India, 'Aache din' have been fulfilled all these years? Whether prices of essential commodities were reduced?," he asked.</p>.Siddaramaiah plea to Goa CM over alleged demolition of Kannadigas' houses.<p>He refused to comment further on the BJP manifesto and said that he has not yet gone through it and will react after going through it. </p><p>The Chief Minister further said that the Prime Minister should inform the citizens on what he has done in the last 10 years. "There is a need to introspect on the achievements in the last 10 years. Instead of generating employment, the unemployment rate has increased in the country," he said.</p><p>Coming down heavily on H D Kumaraswamy’s statement on guarantee schemes, Siddaramaiah said, "it shows his mindset towards women. Is this the way to speak? Kumaraswamy had served as Chief Minister twice. Will people accept him for such a statement."</p><p>To a query on him visiting Srinivas Prasad, Siddaramaiah said, "we both are contemporaries in politics. He is my long-time friend. He has retired from politics and said that he will not support any political party. I had visited him to enquire about his health."</p><p>On BJP State President B Y Vijayendra claiming that Congress is implementing guarantee schemes by rising electricity bill, liquor price, bus fare and stamp duty, the CM said whether Vijayendra knows how much revenue the state is getting by it. The state requires Rs 56,000 crore for guarantee schemes per year.<br> </p>
<p>Madikeri (Karnataka): Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that the BJP never fulfilled its promises in the past and will not fulfil its promises in the future as well. </p><p>Speaking to presspersons on his arrival at Golf Ground helipad in Madikeri, Siddaramaiah said during the 2018 assembly elections in Karnataka, the BJP had made 600 promises and fulfilled only 60 promises.</p><p>To a query on BJP’s Sankalp Patra' which promised cheaper LPG cylinders, Yuvashakti, Narishakti, the CM said there is a need to discuss the promises that were made in the past. </p><p>"Whether the BJP’s promise on depositing Rs 15 lakh in the bank accounts, generation of two crore employment, doubling the income of the farmers, Make in India, 'Aache din' have been fulfilled all these years? Whether prices of essential commodities were reduced?," he asked.</p>.Siddaramaiah plea to Goa CM over alleged demolition of Kannadigas' houses.<p>He refused to comment further on the BJP manifesto and said that he has not yet gone through it and will react after going through it. </p><p>The Chief Minister further said that the Prime Minister should inform the citizens on what he has done in the last 10 years. "There is a need to introspect on the achievements in the last 10 years. Instead of generating employment, the unemployment rate has increased in the country," he said.</p><p>Coming down heavily on H D Kumaraswamy’s statement on guarantee schemes, Siddaramaiah said, "it shows his mindset towards women. Is this the way to speak? Kumaraswamy had served as Chief Minister twice. Will people accept him for such a statement."</p><p>To a query on him visiting Srinivas Prasad, Siddaramaiah said, "we both are contemporaries in politics. He is my long-time friend. He has retired from politics and said that he will not support any political party. I had visited him to enquire about his health."</p><p>On BJP State President B Y Vijayendra claiming that Congress is implementing guarantee schemes by rising electricity bill, liquor price, bus fare and stamp duty, the CM said whether Vijayendra knows how much revenue the state is getting by it. The state requires Rs 56,000 crore for guarantee schemes per year.<br> </p>