The newly sworn-in Karnataka Chief Minister on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the State suffering a loss, as its legitimate special grant of ₹5,495 crore mentioned in the interim report of the 15 th finance commission, was denied to it.
Leaders made no effort
Soon after the first Cabinet meeting of the Congress government, Mr. Siddaramaiah alleged that the previous BJP governments led by B.S. Yediyurappa and Basavaraj Bommai did not make efforts for the State to recover its due.
The Chief Minister said in the interim report of the 15th Finance Commission, it was recommended that Karnataka would get a special grant of ₹5,495 crore, which the government in the State did not take up.
Removed from final report
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who was elected from Karnataka to the Upper House of the Indian Parliament, removed the special grant from the final report, Mr. Siddaramaiah claimed. “Because of Narendra Modi, Karnataka suffered a loss of money which is not a small amount,” the Chief Minister alleged. “As many as 25 MPs including Union Minister Pralhad Joshi did not ask the Centre,” he said.
The State contributed ₹4 lakh crore to the Central taxes but received its share of only ₹50,000 crore per year, he said. The State should get a share of at least ₹ 1 lakh crore in the Central pool of taxes, he added.
