12 depts have used less than 50% of budgetary allocation: Shettar
DH News Service, Hubballi, Feb 25 2018, 18:51 IST
Jagadish Shettar
Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Jagadish Shettar has claimed that 12 departments of the state government have not utilised even 50% of the total budgetary allotment made for 2017-18.
Speaking to mediapersons here on Sunday, he said, of the total Rs 1.86 lakh crore budget for this financial year, the Congress government had spent only Rs 1.12 lakh crore in the first 10 months and in the next two months they cannot spend the remaining Rs 74,415 crore as the model code of conduct will come into force soon. Apart from the 12 'poor performing departments,' nine other departments had spent less than 60% of the budgetary allotment, he said.
"In every public rally, Congress president Rahul Gandhi is praising Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of giving good governance. Is this (less than 50% utilisation of funds) good governance," he asked and said Rahul should question the chief minister over the poor performance of several key ministers including H K Patil and M B Patil.
Insult to Basavanna
Shettar charged that the mispronunciation of Basavanna's vachana at a public rally in Vijayapura by Rahul Gandhi was an insult to Kannada and Basavanna. He advised the state Congress leaders to train the Congress head, so that he does not insult the language further. Rahul does not even know 10% of what Prime Minister Narendra Modi knows about Basavanna, the former chief minister said.
Rahul's mispronunciation of the vachana has gone viral on social media and invited crirticism from many people.
Speaking to mediapersons here on Sunday, he said, of the total Rs 1.86 lakh crore budget for this financial year, the Congress government had spent only Rs 1.12 lakh crore in the first 10 months and in the next two months they cannot spend the remaining Rs 74,415 crore as the model code of conduct will come into force soon. Apart from the 12 'poor performing departments,' nine other departments had spent less than 60% of the budgetary allotment, he said.
"In every public rally, Congress president Rahul Gandhi is praising Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of giving good governance. Is this (less than 50% utilisation of funds) good governance," he asked and said Rahul should question the chief minister over the poor performance of several key ministers including H K Patil and M B Patil.
Insult to Basavanna
Shettar charged that the mispronunciation of Basavanna's vachana at a public rally in Vijayapura by Rahul Gandhi was an insult to Kannada and Basavanna. He advised the state Congress leaders to train the Congress head, so that he does not insult the language further. Rahul does not even know 10% of what Prime Minister Narendra Modi knows about Basavanna, the former chief minister said.
Rahul's mispronunciation of the vachana has gone viral on social media and invited crirticism from many people.
