Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) Siddaramaiah has reaffirmed that the Congress party's "five guarantee schemes" will remain in place under any circumstances.
Seeking to clarify what he described as "false propaganda" by the opposition, Siddaramaiah assured beneficiaries that the programs are secure and would be continued if Congress return to power in the next election.
In an X post, he further labelled the BJP as an "anti-poor party," accusing them of opposing these welfare measures from the outset and spreading rumours due to "political frustration"
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"The five guarantee schemes will not be stopped under any circumstances. Not just for the next two years - we will return to power in the next election, and the schemes will continue even after that. From the very beginning, we have been working to correct the shortcomings noticed in their implementation, and that process continues even now. Beneficiaries of these schemes need not be anxious by listening to the Opposition's false propaganda," he said.
"The BJP is fundamentally an anti-poor party. It has opposed the guarantee schemes from day one. First, they said it was impossible to implement them. Later, they claimed that the government would go bankrupt due to a lack of funds. Now, they are spreading rumours that the guarantee schemes will be stopped. This only reflects their political frustration," he added.
