BJP workers with cows during a demonstration over the alleged non-payment of subsidy to milk producers by the Congress-led Karnataka government, in Bengaluru on Tuesday
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Bengaluru: Alleging that the ruling Congress has stopped all pro-farmer schemes launched by the previous BJP government in the state, BJP city units, along with the members of the Raitha Morcha, held a protest at the Freedom Park on Tuesday.
They also accused the state government of not releasing the milk yield incentive to the dairy farmers in the state.
After the protest, a delegation of BJP leaders led by the Advocates’ Association, Bengaluru (AAB) president, Vivek Reddy handed over a memorandum to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, alleging that the state government was squandering the taxpayers’ money to issue full page advertisement - My Tax My Right - in all leading newspapers, that is aimed at tarnishing the image of the central government by releasing such advertisements.
The BJP leaders and workers also tried to lay siege to the Vidhana Soudha over the delay in the release of funds. However, they were detained by the city police.
Participating in the protest here, BJP general secretary P Rajeev said that the ruling Congress is running the government without heart.
“The Congress has not only ignored the welfare of the people, farmers, but also cattle, by not implementing the Anti-Cow Slaughter Act effectively. By shifting the government veterinary hospitals, it is clear that the state government has completely neglected the cattle and
the farmers in the state,” he said.
“Over 850 farmers committed suicide in the state after the Congress came to power in the state, but it has not made any efforts to prevent them,” he alleged.