Outgoing budget of a retiring CM and is meant for the modern Muslim League, says BJP in Karnataka

BJP Belagavi unit president Subhash Patil said the budget achieved nothing other than Muslim appeasement.

The opposition BJP described the budget presented by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on March 7 as the ‘outgoing budget of a retiring CM’. Party Belagavi unit president Subhash Patil said the budget achieved nothing other than Muslim appeasement.

“The Congress party has introduced a budget for the modern Muslim League. The State Government has set aside over ₹1,000 crore for Muslim oriented schemes. It is increasing the honorarium to mosque Imams by ₹6,000 and a fund of ₹150 crore has been set aside for Waqf properties. There is a scheme to provide self-defence training only to minority girls. This is unacceptable,” he said.

“According to Karnataka Development Programme statistics, only 62% progress has been achieved in the last year. What is the use of presenting another budget now when last year’s grant has not been spent yet? It is like making a student appear for the sixth standard exam before he clears the 5th standard. It is all only talk and no achievement.

“This is a budget only for namesake. It is a pauper government’s budget. It will not benefit the State in any way. The Congress government is unable to implement its own five guarantees. It is stuck in a situation where it can neither continue the guarantees nor implement them properly,” Mr Patil said.