Amit Shah should participate in a public debate with me: Siddaramaiah

Amit Shah paid a visit to Karnataka for the first time since the party’s loss in the 2023 Vidhana Sabha election. During the Karnataka State Government’s protest against the Central Government Amit Shah had remarked that by virtue of fulfilling the guarantees, the Congress-led government has emptied the state’s treasury and that the Central Government cannot take responsibility for that. 

Siddaramaiah has responded to Amit Shah at this opportune moment. “The Home Minister Amit Shah, who has arrived in Karnataka, has vented his envy towards our government by saying 'the treasury is empty because of the guarantee schemes'. If this is Amit Shah's firm opinion, he should participate in a public debate with me. I can prove that our treasury is not empty because of the guarantee schemes; instead, there is an unfair distribution of taxes from the Centre to the state. This is also a challenge to Amit Shah,” Sidaramaiah said on the microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter). 

If there are any objections to the guarantee schemes, BJP leaders should clearly state their opposition immediately and, similarly, announce in the states governed by the BJP that all current guarantee schemes will be discontinued. Why, instead, are @BJP4India leaders trying to… pic.twitter.com/dARmBFt6qV

— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah)

If there are any objections to the guarantee schemes, BJP leaders should clearly state their opposition immediately and, similarly, announce in the states governed by the BJP that all current guarantee schemes will be discontinued. Why, instead, are @BJP4India leaders trying to… pic.twitter.com/dARmBFt6qV

— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) February 11, 2024

">February 11, 2024

Siddarmaiah accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of having double standards. The same BJP leaders who oppose the guarantee schemes in our state are promising to implement the same guarantee schemes in the states they govern. The honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who opposed our guarantee schemes, has now stolen not only our guarantee schemes but also the name 'guarantee' and is advertising under the same name. This shows the anti-poor stance and intellectual bankruptcy of that party. What is the benefit of building temples for God without providing homes to the poor? Those who oppose the guarantee schemes cannot have the mercy of any Rama. They cannot have the blessings of Mother Chamundeshwari,” his post highlighted.