Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has said the Congress government will continue with the guarantee schemes, and people need not heed the comments of Opposition leaders that suggest the schemes will end after the polls.
Addressing the gathering of beneficiaries of guarantee schemes in Shivamogga on February 24, Mr. Shivakumar said the five guarantee schemes that the Congress party promised ahead of the Assembly elections, were like five fingers. “The five fingers strengthened the hand, the symbol of the Congress party. We will continue the schemes not only for the remaining four years of the term but also for the five years of the next term, when party comes back to power,” he said, exuding confidence in winning in the next assembly polls.
Referring to former minister and BJP MLA Araga Jnanendra’s statement in which he referred to the schemes as “420 guarantee schemes,” doubting their implementation, Mr. Shivakumar commented that the BJP leader had no sense. “When in power, the BJP people did not offer any schemes for the people,” he said.
