Congress government in Karnataka created ‘urea crisis' to blame Centre: BJP
'Our MPs met the Union Agriculture Minister and urged him to supply urea to the State to meet the increasing demand,' Mr. Subanna said at a press conference here.
He said that 8,37,000 MT of fertilisers was supplied to the State so far this year and 6,30,000 MT of fertilisers had been distributed to farmers. 'The Congress government created the urea crisis and blamed the BJP government at the Centre for the shortage to put the latter in a spot,' he alleged.
Accusing the Congress government of practising 'anti-farmer' and 'anti-people' policies, he said that the cost of sowing seeds has gone up by 20% and the incentive of ₹4,000 which was transferred directly to farmers' bank accounts when B.S. Yediyurappa was the Chief Minister was stopped. Vidya Nidhi scholarships for farmers' children were been discontinued, which highlights the Congress government's 'anti-farmer' policies, he said.
He lashed out at the State government for imposing tax on small traders and vendors which was withdrawn after public backlash. 'The Congress tried to blame the Centre over GST notices to the traders but later realised its fault, and withdrew the notices,' he claimed.
Blaming the Congress government for the failure of law and order, he said that the police failed to unearth a narcotic drug manufacturing facility in Mysuru city, and added that the Maharashtra police busted the facility after a raid on its premises close to Outer Ring Road under N.R. police station limits.
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