At an event celebrating the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (World Adivasi Day) on Thursday, the Chief Minister of Karnataka HD Kumaraswamy condemned the media for attacking him on farm loan waiver, reported The New Indian Express.
Kumaraswamy said, “I alone know the difficult circumstances I am in. I have to waive loans of Rs 49,000 crore. Money doesn’t come overnight. There is no money-bearing tree from where I can pluck funds. I need to take officials into confidence.”
He added his government is being continuously criticized for the delay in allocating funds for the government schemes. Karnataka CM said, “I am being accused of not allocating funds for the farm loan waiver, Shaadi Bhagya and other schemes. But I want to let them know that I don’t grow money on trees to distribute funds right away.”
He also requested the Adivasi community to forego the differences and form a committee which can coordinate with the government to ensure their welfare. He asked them to trust him and his government for the development of the community.
On being accused of the reduction in the allocation of funds for Shaadi Bhagya scheme introduced during the Congress rule, he said, “Be it Shaadi Bhagya or any other scheme, there hasn’t been any reduction in allocation. I haven’t slashed allocation for programmes announced by the Congress government during its vote-on-account budget placed before the assembly in February this year.”
JD(S) leader and Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy assured that the schemes for the poor and backward classes will continue as before without any hurdles.