Bengaluru: Opposition leader Mr B S Yeddyurappa poured scorn on Chief Minister Mr H D Kumaraswamy announcement of a " farm loan waiver in phases."
Poking fun at Mr. Kumaraswamy's claim that he would waive loans of small and marginal farmers in 15 days and think about the rest in the second phase Yeddyurappa's poser to the CM was this: "He had promised to waive Rs 53,000 crore loan. Isn't this just political drama?"
Describing the CM's guidelines as a betrayal of farmers and threatening to launch a stir against state government, he accused the Chief Minister of trying to create confusion on farm loan waiver by saying it would be done in phases. "If you had to ask Rahul Gandhi, why did you announce a Rs 53,000 crore farm loan waiver ahead of the election? Why did you say in Delhi that you will resign if you can't waive the loan? You are trying to betray people. No farmer will believe you, I condemn your act of betrayal."
Mr Kumaraswamy took a dig at Mr Yeddyurappa for not attending the meeting to be part of the discussions, though he was very much in Bengaluru, Reacting sharply to Mr Yeddyurappa statement, Mr Kumaraswamy said that the person, who had no courtesy to attend the meeting, though he was officially invited. “Does he has any moral right to sit in the house and tweet? Have I spelled out how many thousand crore I am waiving? He is resorting to petty politics and nothing else,'' Mr Kumaraswamy said. Though the government had invited Mr Yeddyurappa to the meeting, he stayed away. Instead, BJP Legislature Party Deputy leader Mr Govind Karajol attended the meeting.
