Karnataka MLA HR Gaviyappa leaves Congress, DK Shivakumar's angry reply

A Congress MLA in Karnataka has asked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to cancel some election guarantees, highlighting the paucity of funds, which has embarrassed the state government. Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has slammed Vijayanagar MLA HR Gaviyappa over his public statement and said the party will issue him a show cause notice.

Speaking at an event recently, Mr Gaviyappa had said that the electoral guarantee had made it difficult to provide houses to people.

“It has become difficult to provide houses to the people because of the guarantee schemes. I request the Chief Minister to cancel 2-3 guarantee schemes which are not needed, then at least we will be able to provide houses. This decision will be taken by those But it has been abandoned.” Chief Minister. We will stick to their decision,” the MLA had said.

“A provision of Rs 40,000 crore has been made from somewhere this year and whatever is possible is being done. The chief minister is working keeping development in mind. We all need his support,” he was heard saying in a video. Should do.”

DK Shivakumar rejected his claim and said that the government will not shy away from implementing any guarantee.

The deputy said, “I am going to issue him a showcase notice. He cannot do that. There is no question of stopping any guarantee. We are committed to the people of Karnataka, we will implement it and no one will interfere with their Can't raise my voice.” Chief Minister.

Mr Gaviyappa had earlier alleged discrimination in funding against his constituency, triggering talks of an internal rift in the state Congress. His allegations were refuted by district Congress chief Siraj Shaikh, who described him as inactive and his associates as RSS workers.