BENGALURU: Despite prices rising, Bengaluru sinking and unemployed youth angry, the BJP went ahead with its Janaspandana to celebrate three years of party government in the state, criticised Congress leader Priyank Kharge, here on Sunday.
Even the meagre list of achievements given by CM Basavaraj Bommai is a bundle of lies, he said. “Bommai claimed that over 20 lakh students have benefited from the Vidyanidhi scheme. But it was launched only last month.
According to government data, not more than 10 lakh have applied,” Kharge said. The government announced that 150 hostels will be constructed for Scheduled Castes and minorities at Rs 259 crore, but the government should check its budget before making such announcements, he said. The government claimed that 50,000 jobs were created, but still 30,056 youth committed suicide in 2021, which is as per the central government data, he said.