1. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah leads symbolic protest against delay in drought relief by Centre
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah led a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue in Vidhana Soudha against delay in drought relief by the Centre on Tuesday. Mr. Siddaramaiah asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to go back from the State, till they provide drought relief. Mr. Shah is in the State on Tuesday.
During a hearing of the case filed by the Government of Karnataka in the Supreme Court over the issue, the Union government sought a week’s time to provide drought relief to the State on April 23.