Government is only reviewing guarantee scheme beneficiaries, not stopping schemes: Congress leader
Congress leader K. Harish Kumar clarified that the Karnataka government is merely revising the list of beneficiaries for its guarantee schemes to remove ineligible individuals, not canceling the programs. He urged the public to ignore opposition claims that the schemes are being discontinued.
Why it matters
The administration of social welfare schemes is a highly contentious political issue in Indian state politics.
Asking people not to get carried away by the BJP’s false campaign against guarantee schemes, Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee president K. Harish Kumar on Tuesday (June 16) said the government is trying to revise the list of beneficiaries for Gruha Jyothi, Shakti, Gruha Lakshmi, Anna Bhagya and Yuva Nidhi schemes. It is not stopping these schemes, he stated.
The article focuses on the Congress party's defense of its policies against opposition criticism.
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