Shobha Karandlaje, BJP MP and former Minister, has alleged that Congress workers were diverting rice meant for Anna Bhagya scheme to neighbouring States such as Tamil Nadu, Goa and Maharashtra.
She alleged that rice meant for distribution under the scheme is being used to make idlis in Amma canteens in Tamil Nadu. She was speaking at the Raitha Chaitanya Yatre of her party at Hebbur on Thursday.
BJP national vice-president and former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa demanded that the State government waive loans taken by farmers from cooperative societies and interest on loans taken by farmers from nationalised banks, and convene a special session of the legislature to discuss drought situation, before the yatre concludes in Mysuru on September 13.
Mr. Yeddyurappa told presspersons that if the government failed to meet these demands, the BJP would lay siege to the Vidhana Soudha.
There would be acute power shortage in the State in the coming months as water-level in hydel reservoirs had depleted but the government had not made any effort to purchase power from other States, he alleged.
Ms. Karandlaje said that the government should provide compensation to the families of all the 430 farmers who had committed suicide in the last three months. She alleged that the government was planning not to give compensation to the kin of deceased farmers who did not own land.
Karandlaje alleges that Congress workers are diverting rice meant for the scheme
