BJP to hit the streets seeking implementation of Congress guarantees in Karnataka without conditions

Mysuru MP Pratap Simha warned that the BJP will urge people not to pay the electricity bill if their consumption is below 200 units.

In his first media conference after the BJP’s electoral debacle in Karnataka, Mysuru MP Pratap Simha demanded that the guarantee schemes announced by the Congress during the election campaign should be implemented without conditions.

Speaking to mediapersons in Mysuru on May 25, Mr. Simha said that the Congress will be given time till June 1 to implement the schemes without any strings or conditions attached, failing which the BJP will take to the streets.

He said the Congress has boasted of walking the talk and it is time for it to implement its promises. ‘’During the election campaign both Siddaramaiah and D.K.Shivakumar repeatedly said in every speech that 200 units of power would be free and they did not imply there were any conditions, then. Hence they should not introduce conditions now. People have voted for the Congress because of the 5 guarantee schemes announced by it and these schemes should be implemented without delay or conditions to benefit all’’, said Mr.Simha.

‘’The BJP will take to the streets and urge the people not to pay electricity bill if their consumption was below 200 units and in case the consumption was higher then the first 200 units should be treated as free and only the difference of amount should be paid. I will personally lead the agitation in Mysuru-Kodagu region’’, he added.

Pointing to the Congress advertisements of the five guarantee schemes, Mr.Simha said nowhere is there an asterisk or a foot note to imply that ‘’conditions apply’’. It is unconditional and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D.K.Shivakumar should keep their words, he said.

Though the Congress had announced 5 guarantee schemes, the BJP was seeking the implementation of only 3 schemes by June 1st and this includes free bus rides for women, unemployment dole for graduates without conditions and 200 units of free electricity.  ‘’The Congress made similar promises in Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh besides promising to shift to the Old Pension Scheme but none of it has been implemented so far’’, said Mr.Simha.

He said the BJP suffered a setback because of the guarantee schemes and the party should have woken up as and when the schemes were announced as similar promises were made by AAP in Punjab and the Congress in Himachal Pradesh where they were elected to power.