Responding to Congress describing the BJP government in Karnataka as a 40% commission government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attempted to rubbish the opposition party’s guarantees and also project the Congress as more corrupt. He alleged that the Congress designed its guarantees – monthly ₹2,000 to every woman head of the family, monthly 200 units of electricity to every household free of cost, monthly 10 kg free rice to every family and monthly unemployment compensation of ₹3,000 to degree holders and ₹1,500 to diploma holders for two years and free travel for women in government buses – to grab 85% commission.
“Congress has announced so many guarantees in Karnataka. The party which has lost the trust of countrymen and which itself is in a crisis of existence can only tell you lies… Congress is talking of guarantees, and speaking volumes about farmers, poor and backward communities. But its intention would be something different. The focus of Congress in these guarantees is on grabbing 85% money of these programmes. We have to protect Karnataka from the Congress people who have a tendency of grabbing 85% commission,” Mr. Modi said at a public meeting in Hospete, Vijayanagara district on May 2.
The event was a part of Mr. Modi’s scheduled programmes organised for the BJP election campaign for the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections.
