Guidelines on farm loan waiver will be announced in Budget: CM
Bengaluru, June 25: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that he has got the suggestions from the cooperative societies on farm loan waiver and guidelines for which will be announced in the Budget.
After holding a meeting with the officials of Agriculture, Cooperative Department and representatives of cooperative sector at the Vidhana Soudha here on Monday, the CM told media persons that the loan waiver scheme which should protect the interests of the farmers would be implemented. “How many days I will be in power is not important for me. What I will do for the welfare of the people during that time is more important for me. In order to help the farming community, he has got the suggestions from the Cooperative Sector. But at the same time, the cooperative societies should not incur losses due to the loan waiver scheme. The suggestions emerged from the meeting would help me in preparing the guidelines”, he said.
Within the limits of the coalition government, he would honestly try to fulfill the promises given to the farmers. Officials would play a major role in protecting the farmers. He noticed that some officials have been talking about the life of this coalition government. The officials have the onus to implement the government schemes. Officials need not to have any confusion on the existence of the coalition government. Farm loan waiver should benefit the farmers. It should not help the middlemen because he would not get any commission, he said.
Time extended up to March 31
The farmers would not get anything if they renew the old loan. The farmers should be ensured the loan benefits on time. Representatives of some cooperative societies have suggested to extend the last date from December 31, 2017 to March 31, 2018 to consider the loans for waiver scheme. Now, he has asked the Finance department officials to submit an actual report on the burden to the government and the cooperative societies if the time is extended. To implement the scheme, all cabinet colleagues including Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar and MLAs have supported. Shortly, a decision would be taken to waive off the huge farm loan, he said.
To be announced in Budget
The previous government had waived off the crop loans up to Rs 50,000 due which the state Exchequer incurred a burden of Rs 8000 crore and now, it would have another Rs 10,000 crore burden. Along with this, the details of crop loans taken from nationalized banks should be collected. For the implementation of the 6th Pay Commission recommendations, the government would require Rs 17,000 crore. Moreover, the government should continue the major programmes of the previous government. Keeping all these in mind, he would announce the loan waiver scheme in the budget shortly, the CM said.
Cooperative Minister Bandeppa Kashempur, Agriculture Minister NH Shivashankar Reddy, Health Minister Shivananda Patil, Chief Minister’s finance advisor Dr S Subramanya, heads of all district central cooperative banks and senior officers were present at the meeting.
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Bypolls: K'taka Cong Minority Abdul Jabbar chief resigns amid allegations of 'internal conspiracy'
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Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Congress Minority Department President K Abdul Jabbar announced his resignation from the post on Saturday, a day after a group of Muslim leaders accused members of their own party of "conspiring" to defeat the official candidate in Davanagere South.
Jabbar, an MLC, was an aspirant for the Congress ticket from the Davanagere South Assembly segment.
"It has been an honor for me to serve as Chairman of the KPCC Minority department and have worked to the best of my ability during assembly elections 2023 and followed by Parliament polls and many such occasions whenever the party needed the minority department and showed results. I have toured the entire state of Karnataka and worked to align the minorities with Congress values and principles. Most of it is available in the public domain," Jabbar has said in a letter to the party.
"Minority voters and minority office bearers are the backbone of our great Congress party and certainly deserve better," he said.
Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who is also the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President, confirmed Jabbar's resignation.
"I won't speak about this now, I have got some reports. The Minority President has submitted his resignation. I will verify things, I will seek a report from local leaders after that I will speak," he told reporters in response to a question on internal conspiracy.
A rift within the Karnataka Congress surfaced on Friday, a day after the bypolls to two Assembly constituencies in the state, as a group of Muslim leaders alleged a "conspiracy" by some of their own senior party leaders to defeat the official candidate in Davanagere South.
However, they asserted that despite efforts by some within to project that Congress "betrayed" Muslims, the party candidate Samarth Mallikarjun will win in Davanagere South, the constituency where the community has a significant presence.
They said the party finally named Samarth Mallikarjun as the candidate after considering all factors and taking all Muslim leaders into confidence. Despite this, a massive campaign, including from some within the party, projected the Congress as having "betrayed" the minorities by denying them tickets.
Chief Whip in the Legislative Council Saleem Ahmed, MLAs Rizwan Arshad, Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan, MLC Bilkis Bano, and other Congress leaders addressed a joint press conference on Friday, claiming an "internal conspiracy".
According to party sources, these Muslim leaders have also complained to AICC and state party leadership, alleging "internal sabotage" in Davanagere South.
Though the leaders did not name anyone, several party sources said their attack was directed at State Housing Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan and Jabbar among others.
Khan, who had openly demanded the Davanagere South ticket for a Muslim candidate, initially stayed away from campaigning in the constituency, citing his Kerala poll responsibilities.
However, he addressed a press meet with Samarth's father and Minister SS Mallikarjun at the request of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Jabbar too had not actively participated in the campaigning, despite hailing from Davanagere.
Bypolls for Davanagere South were held along with Bagalkot on Thursday. The election was necessitated following the death of sitting MLAs Shamanur Shivashankarappa and H Y Meti respectively. Samarth is the grandson of Shivashankarappa.
Muslim disgruntlement appears to be a concern for the Congress in Davanagere South. With 14 of the 25 candidates in the fray belonging to the community, there are apprehensions within the party about a split in votes, which could benefit the BJP.
Given its significant presence in the constituency, the Muslim community strongly demanded the Congress ticket for Davanagere South. Some party factions had opposed giving the ticket to the Shamanur family.
Although the Congress was successful in persuading rebel candidate Sadiq Pailwan to withdraw from the contest, he remained in the fray as the move came after the deadline for withdrawal of nominations.
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