Bengaluru sources have stated that after accusing the NDA government of making false promises to woo the electorate ahead of the next parliamentary elections in 2019, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the Budget failed to address the agrarian crisis in the country, especially in the southern state, which faced drought over the last three years.
He lamented that "There is no relief for
farmers in distress due to crop loss or declining prices for their produce in
the market. The Budget has no waiver on short-term crop loans raised by farmers
from state run banks". Meanwhile on the National Health Protection Scheme,
the Chief Minister said the ambitious program was announced without adequate
budgetary allocation to sustain it.
He asserted "The health insurance scheme has
been announced without allocating enough funds to help the poor and the
deprived bear the cost of treatment in state run or private hospitals".
Moreover the BJP led NDA government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had
promised to create two crore jobs every year, but no word about it in the
Budget.
