“Guarantees reaching people without any discrimination, middlemen,” says Min. Lakshmi Hebbalkar
Belagavi: “The Congress government headed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is working hard for the development of all races and the purposes of the five guarantee implemented for the people has been successful,” said Karnataka’s Minister of Women and Child Welfare Lakshmi Hebbalkar speaking at a conference on guarantee schemes held at Guru Bhawan, Savadatti in Belagavi on Friday.
The Minister also expressed that, “the Congress has delivered as promised before the assembly elections, all five guarantee schemes were implemented in just 100 days after coming to power.”
Hebbalkar further stated that the Congress government’s guarantee schemes are reaching the public impartially, without any discrimination and without the burden of any middlemen. “The Congress had announced implementation of five guarantee schemes for the benefit of those people who faced financial trouble, price hikes due to the pandemic.”
Highlighting the impact of the Grilahakshmi Yojana, Hebbalkar noted, "Savadatti Constituency is receiving 15.99 crore per month, totaling 192 crores annually, which will exceed a thousand crores in five years. Siddaramaiah has implemented such a beneficial scheme for the poor, accomplishing what the BJP or Modi has not."
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Furthermore, she contrasted, “ Whatever programs Modi does, he does it only for rich people like Ambani and Adani. Whatever schemes Congress party Siddaramaiah implements, only for the farmers and the poor.”
Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar further asserted that development work can only be done by the Congress party. “Our schemes will not stop until there is a Congress government. BJP is unnecessarily spreading slander about the schemes.” She further appealed to the people not to listen to such speculations and bless the government in the coming days.
Youth Congress leader Mrinal Hebbalkar, Tehsildar Madhusudan Kulkarni, Taluk Panchayat Executive Officer Yashwanth Kumar, Bailahongala A.C. Prabhavathi, CDPO Sunitha, RV Patil, DD Topoji, Mallu Jakati, Umesh Bali, Chandu Jambali, Maharajagowda Patil, Ramagowda Tipparashi, and Taluk beneficiaries were present.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
