Guarantee schemes will not be stopped – Dr G Parameshwar
Udupi: The guarantee schemes being implemented by the State government will not be stopped at any cost, said Dr G Parameshwar Home Minister of Karnataka. He was speaking to media persons in Udupi on June 6.
We have implemented these schemes to benefit the poor of the state and not for politics. The rural poor and daily wage laborers will benefit more from these schemes than the urban poor. These programs will not be stopped at any cost, he said.
“Last year there was a budget of 3.27 lakh crore. This time a budget of 3.7 lakh crore has been presented. So there will be no financial problems for these projects. We will continue these projects for the poor. Last year our budget was limited to eight months only and This time the entire budget has been presented. Funds will be released for the programs, he said.
We lost the Lok Sabha elections in many places. We have already discussed that this defeat should be looked over and taken care of. Where we have failed will be discussed. In one year of our administration, we have implemented programs by guarantee schemes for the poor people and these projects have reached the people, he said.
The Congress would form a committee to analyse why the party fared badly in the Lok Sabha elections in the State even after implementing the five guarantee schemes. The party in charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala may also participate in the meeting of the committee.
The Home Minister said that the results of the Lok Sabha elections indicated that people had rejected the NDA and the BJP.
“One has to wait and watch the stability of the NDA government to be formed,” he said, adding that the vote of the Congress had increased both in the State and in the country.
“The Congress needs to do some fine-tuning to improve its performance in the future. We will do it,” he said.
To a question, Dr. Parameshwara said that the law and order in the State was fine, and it had not collapsed as alleged by the BJP.
“Was there any communal incident after the Congress took over a year ago?” he asked and said that no murders with political intention had taken place in the State in the past year.
Stating that the BJP should come out with the definition of law and order, he asked: Whether the State was free from murders during the BJP rule?”
The Home Minister said that he would release the crime data of the State when needed to compare the situation during the Congress and the BJP regimes.
