Urging the State Government not to delay pensions to the needy, former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Sunday, January 14, said that a senior citizen crawling for five km to seek pension has shaken the conscience of the civil society.
Expressing shock and sadness over the incident, he said that the government should not ignore such helpless people. While the State government has been claiming to have improved the livelihood of people in the State through guarantee schemes, the Davangere incident is an example of the way livelihood is derailing in the State, the former Chief Minister said. “The incident has made us hang our heads in shame and points to the inefficiency of the government.”
His statement on social media platform X came after reports appeared in the media of an elderly woman, belonging to Kunibelakere village in Harihar taluk of Davangere district, crawling for five km to seek old age pension .
