Congress govt. has fulfilled 242 promises out of 593 in two years, claims Siddaramaiah

The Hindu

23-06-2025

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said that the State government is delivering good governance. It has fulfilled 242 out of the 593 promises in the last two years, while the BJP government when it was in power didn't fulfil even 10% of the promises that it made, Mr. Siddaramaiah claimed.
He was addressing a gathering after inaugurating the decennial ceremony of the implementation of Article 371(J), Budakattu Samskritika Utsav and naming of Raichur University after Maharshi Valmiki at Yaragera village in Raichur district on Monday.
The Chief Minister also distributed benefits to beneficiaries of various schemes, laid foundation stone and inaugurated various development works worth ₹936 crore.
Listing out the good work done by the Congress government, he expressed the confidence that people of the region will support the government and also the Congress by electing its candidates in all the seven Assembly seats of Raichur district in the next elections.
Comparing the Congress rule with the BJP rule in the State, the Chief Minister said that the Congress government has initiated development works at a cost of ₹936 crore in Raichur district alone.
'It is clear and evident that the Opposition parties are lying about the State's financial condition, that the government has no money for development works. The BJP and the Janata Dal(S), that have a habit of misleading people, didn't put in any efforts to develop the State when they were in power. But they are unable to tolerate the development being taken up by the Congress government not only in Raichur district but also in the entire State,' he said.
Taking a dig at BJP leaders, Mr. Siddaramaiah said that they have no moral rights to criticise the government and its commitment in developing the Kalyan Karnataka region.
Mr. Siddaramaiah said that it was the BJP that opposed Article 371(J) for the backward Kalyan Karnataka region. However, senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge made it possible with the cooperation of the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.
'Because of the special status, this region is getting a ₹5,000 crore annual grant, thousands are getting medical and engineering seats and the educated are getting government jobs under the provision,' he said.
The Chief Minister explained how the State is being subjected to injustice by the Centre in releasing funds. 'Big injustice has been done to the State in the 15th Finance Commission, because of which the State has to face a deficit of ₹80,000 crore. No single BJP parliamentarian has questioned it. The State has already submitted memoranda and raised issues. Now, I will again meet the Prime Minister to make it correct in the 16th Finance Commission,' he said.
Before concluding his speech, Mr. Siddaramaiah appealed to the people to elect MLA Basanagouda Daddal again, giving him another chance to serve the people.
AICC president and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Ministers H.K. Patil, H.C. Mahadevappa, K.J George, Sharan Prakash Patil, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, M.C. Sudhakar, N.S. Boseraju, Shivaraj Tangadagi, MP G. Kumar Naik, MLA and KKRDB Chairman Ajay Singh, Basanagouda Daddal, Hamanagouda Badarli, Hampayya Naik, Channareddy Patil Tunnur, Basanagouda Turvihal, MLCs Sharanagouda Bayyapur, A. Vasant Kumar and others were present.