I vow on my son, I’ll waive off farm loans: CM Kumaraswamy
Bagalkot, Dec 28: “The Coalition government was committed to waive off the farmers loans. Believe me. I have only one son and I vow on my son that I would waive off the farm loans”, said Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
Speaking at a programme organized to distribute No Objection Certificates to 2,796 farmers in Bagalkot on Friday, the CM said that the Opposition leaders have been alleging that the coalition government is cheating the farmers in loan waiver issue.
But we have taken a strong decision to waive off the loans. Our government will not cheat the farmers. Let us give strength. The Coalition government would survive. Farmers are no need to be panic. I will not go without waiving off farm loans”, the CM promised.
The government has not put any conditions for loan waiver. Only Aadhar card and pahani were asked with an intention that the loan waiver amount should not be misused by the middlemen.
If the banks served notices asking repayment of loans, no need to worry. They could not do anything. The government was with you. If the problem persists, meet the Deputy Commissioner and get solution, he asked the farmers.
Even in nationalized banks, the farmers were given NOC. There was no dearth of funds for farm loan waiver. It was decided to give additional Rs 2,500 crore. The government has decided to give Rs 25,000 incentives to the farmers who have taken loans from nationalized banks. The loan waiver would happen in four stages. In the next budget, Rs 25,000 crore nationalized banks loans would be waived off.
Under loan waiver scheme, total Rs 29,190 crore loan from 12 districts in Karnataka would be waived off, while Rs 12,070 crore from 12 districts of Old Karnataka, Rs 3,981 crore of three districts of central Karnataka and 1,508 crore of coastal districts would be waived off. Farmers from North Karnataka were getting total 63 per cent benefit of the scheme, he said.
“I have met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi yesterday and appealed him to declare Upper-Krishna Project as national scheme and join hands with us. During his tenure as the PM, Deve Gowda had sanctioned the irrigation projects. The Cabinet has decided to give drinking water facility to 18 villages of Badami constituency.
A sum of Rs 65,000 crore has to be given for acquiring land for Upper-Krishna Project. First water should be released to Andhra Pradesh after storing water in our land. This is the water sharing situation”, he expressed his disgust.
Budget presentation in February
“The next Budget would be presented in February. Priority would be given to permanent solutions to the farmers problem. We have decided to change the farming methods. But you have to cooperate with us. I have decided to spend more time for the development of the North Karnataka”.
- HD Kumaraswamy, Chief Minister
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Ban on outsiders' entry extended in Sambhal, SP MPs barred from entering
Lucknow/Sambhal (UP) (PTI): Three Samajwadi Party parliamentarians, including its Sambhal MP, were stopped from entering the violence-hit district, as the administration on Saturday extended the ban on the entry of outsiders into Sambhal to December 10 to maintain "peace and order".
The administration's earlier ban on the entry of outsiders was to expire on Saturday.
The Samajwadi Party's Muzaffarnagar MP Harendra Malik, accompanied by its Kairana and Sambhal MPs, was stopped from entering Sambhal from Ghaziabad.
"I don't understand why we are being stopped. Are the opposition leader and the MPs so irresponsible that they can't be allowed to move within the state?" Malik said.
The party had earlier announced a 15-member delegation would visit the district to gather information about the violence that broke out over a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid.
Curbs under Section 163 (power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, set to expire on Sunday, were extended to December 31.
In a statement issued in Sambhal, District Magistrate Rajendra Pensiya said, "To maintain peace and order, the imposition of Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita in the district has been extended to December 31."
"No outsider, any social organisation or public representative can enter into the borders of the district without seeking the permission of the competent authority till December 10," he added.
Tension had been brewing in Sambhal since November 19 when the court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era mosque was carried out following claims that a Harihar temple previously stood at the site.
Violence erupted during a second survey on November 24 as protesters gathered near the mosque and clashed with security personnel, leading to stone pelting and arson. Four people died and several others were injured in the clashes. The police have denied allegations that it fired at the protesters.
The Supreme Court has since ordered the Sambhal trial court to halt proceedings in the case and its survey.
Pensiya further said, "If anyone tries to spread rumours on any group on social media, the group admin will delete the post and immediately inform the police. Cyber cafes will keep a register to enter the names of visitors. No person in Sambhal will burn effigies at public places."
Malik, who was stopped from entering Sambhal, further said, "Our delegation also included MPs Zia-ur-Rehman Barq (Sambhal) and Iqra Hasan (Kairana). What can we do? The government is acting in an autocratic manner."
Sambhal MP Barq has been booked in connection with the November 24 violence for "provocative acts".
In Moradabad, Samajwadi Party MP Ruchi Veera's residence was surrounded by cops to prevent her from travelling to Sambhal.
Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Mata Prasad Pandey, who was to lead the delegation, told reporters outside his Lucknow residence that Home Secretary Sanjay Prasad called him and requested him to not visit Sambhal.
Pandey is sitting on a dharna in Lucknow.
"The Sambhal district magistrate also called and told me that the ban on the entry of outsiders had been extended. I will now visit the party office and discuss the issue before deciding on our next action," he said.
"The government perhaps wanted to prevent me in order to hide its wrongdoings in Sambhal as our visit would have exposed its mistakes," he added.
Heavy security has been deployed outside Pandey's residence since Friday.
The Samajwadi Party had postponed an earlier visit after assurances from the director general of police about a fair investigation into the violence.
Congress state chief Ajay Rai earlier told PTI that a party delegation would visit Sambhal on December 2.
