The uplift of all sections of society and the development all regions has started and the lotus will again bloom in the 2023 Assembly polls. Even the development of Kalyana Karnataka will start, said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Speaking at the mammoth OBC convention organised by State BJP Unit here on Sunday, he said none can cheat all people all the time. Leader of the Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah had promised a suitable status for backward classes but he cheated his own community by not inducting any Kuruba community legislator in the Council of Ministers. Taking Siddaramaiah to task for staking claim for hike in quota for SC/ST communities, the CM said the Congress governments never cared to fulfil the 50 year old demand of those communities. The committee under the chairmanship of Justice Nagamohan Das to study hike in reservation for SC/ST communities was constituted during the coalition government and not by the Congress Party government. It was he and his predecessor, B.S.Yediyurappa who received the Committee report and resolved to implement it in a bid to do justice to the communities. The living standards of SC/ST communities must improve and they too must lead a self-reliant life by joining the mainstream of the society. Despite strong opposition, the incumbent government has done justice for SCs/STs. Under the Amrit scheme, Rs 354 crore grant has been released to over 20,000 associations of the Kuruba community without any guarantee. Why was this not done by Siddaramaiah who belongs to the same community? Did he not have the minimum courtesy to help that community at least after coming to power?
Bommkai said the Government of India has issued an order to include Talawar community to Scheduled Tribes by removing it from the list of backward classes. There is poverty and pain in the community and immigrate. “We are not here to see their travails and decided to do justice for that community. I have come to this convention with the official order.”