Chikkaballapura: We do not care about any inquiry regarding the previous Government. The BJP Government has not done anything wrong in the matter of development, Former Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar expressed outrage that the present Congress Government started corruption from the day it came to power.
Speaking at the felicitation function, Dr. Sudhakar said, Not one, but four inquiries have been made against us, but we are not afraid. I confidently say that none of us have done anything wrong in the development of Karnataka. During the Covid period, the then Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa used to call for meetings till five in the morning. At that time, the Congress leaders were wearing helmets and masks and were sitting with a sign saying no entry to the house. But we all went to the hospital, went to the patients and checked and protected the people of Karnataka, he said.
Our Government has never done anything wrong. In the current Government, no work is being done without grants. Unemployed Congress leaders have formed a committee for inquiry and are doing hate politics. If the Congress leader is Satya Harishchandra, let them investigate from 2013 till now. Then people will accept that the Congress is also justified. During 2013, the Congress universe was involved in corruption and did not have the guts to investigate it. No matter how many inquiry committees the Government forms, we have the strength and morale to face it. When thieves are running around like innocents, why should we innocents be afraid?, he questioned.
We go to the people and join the fight. Dr. Sudhakar said that let’s work to remove this Government as soon as possible. If they were going to make a medical college in Chikkaballapura, they were going to take it elsewhere. The bill has not been paid to the contractor. He said that Karnataka now has the worst government ever seen after independence.
When the Central Government implemented the Kisan Samman scheme to give Rs. 6,000 per year to farmers, the then CM B. S. Yediyurappa started giving Rs. 4,000 more. Congress came to power saying that they will save the farmers, initially took Rs. 4,000, he said.
Karnataka is known as a welfare state. But the Congress Government is making it a bankrupt state through guarantees. There is no work for contractors. Besides, those in the Government are asking percentage for unpaid old bills. They said that they will give a corruption-free Government, but they have been giving a corrupt Government since day one.
Every post in the state Government is being sold and the price is fixed for everything. Every officer should be paid and transferred. During my tenure, not a single officer was paid a single penny for posting. Congress leaders who claim clean administration are sweeping the entire administration. Although 135 MLAs have won, there has been an attempt to attract BJP and JDS MLAs. Is there no guarantee that there will be five more years of governance?, Dr. K. Sudhakar asked.
Tax money belongs to six and a half crore people. The Government cannot withhold grants to any panchayat. The situation has come to sell the state for Rs. 2,000 by making a guarantee gimmick. He expressed concern that the Congress Government has already borrowed Rs. 85,000 Crore and in the next five years it will incur a debt of Rs. 5 Lakh Crore.
I am not entitled to go to another party. If I want to be in politics, I will stay in BJP. I will work to build this same party in South Karnataka. The current Chief Minister, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi also lost. Failure teaches good lessons. Let’s win again with the confidence to win, he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is realising Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of Grama Swaraj. Many people laughed when Swachh Bharat Yojana was implemented. He said that under this project, 11 Crore toilets have been built and the self-esteem and dignity of women has been protected.
BJP State Organising General Secretary G. V. Rajesh said that the Congress Government is giving an average of Rs. 3,000 to a family through guarantees. But because the contract and other development works are not going on, there is no work for the poor people. He complained that the guarantee was given on one side and the income of the family was taken away on the other side.
BJP got strength from Dr Sudhakar in Old Mysore including Chikkaballapura. He appreciated that BJP’s organisation has increased in this part.