Former Mayor and BJP member Shivakumar accused the Congress of paying lip sympathy to the cause of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and credited the BJP for working for the welfare of the two communities.
Addressing media persons here on Thursday, March 21, Mr. Shivakumar alleged that funds earmarked for SC/ST development were routed to meeting the expenditure incurred on implementing the Congress guarantee schemes by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
The former Mayor alleged that though Mr. Siddaramaiah had announced ₹10,000 crore for the development of the religious minorities and the first tranche of ₹1500 crore has been released, nothing has been earmarked or released for the welfare of the SC/ST communities. On the contrary, it was the BJP that released funds for the development of the SC/STs besides increasing the reservation quota for scheduled casts and scheduled tribes, said Mr. Shivakumar.
