Karnataka government under fire for delayed allocation of funds for schemes

Karnataka's government is under fire for the delayed allocation of funds to important schemes, including Graha Lakshmi and Anna Bhagya.

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00:00Cash-strapped Karnataka is facing the heat with funds for schemes like Griha Lakshmi

00:05and Anna Bhagya delayed.

00:07Karnataka ministers are brazing it out, pacing the heat for the delay in rolling out funds.

00:12State Energy Minister K.J.

00:13George has lashed out, claiming that scheme funds are not monthly salaries and will be

00:17disbursed by March end.

00:19The BJP doubt at the Siddharamayya government, accusing it of making irresponsible promises

00:24and claims that Karnataka has headed into a state of bankruptcy.

00:28Just on Tuesday, Chief Minister Siddharamayya said he was unaware of the delay in funds,

00:32but says there's no question of stopping any schemes.

01:28Siddharamayya said that the Karnataka government is unable to pay the dues to the tune of 7,000

01:46crores to the KSRTC, Karnataka State Development Corporation.

01:50This state government under the leadership of Siddharamayya ji has taken a fresh loan

01:57of 1,90,000 crores.

02:00This is the state of affairs in Karnataka.

02:05If the financial situation in Karnataka has deteriorated, if the financial situation in

02:10Karnataka has moved from bad to worse, Chief Minister should be held accountable.

02:16The so-called guarantee scheme of the Congress government has only limited purpose.

02:23Whenever there is a general election, whenever there is a Lok Sabha election, three days

02:28before the voting, their guarantee schemes will be released, money will be released.

02:32I demand Chief Minister Siddharamayya to come out with a white paper on the financial situation

02:38of the state.