BENGALURU: BJP and JD(S) on Tuesday mounted a scathing attack on Congress govt in Karnataka for "illegally allocating"
Rs 15 lakh
to the kin of a Kerala man who was killed by an elephant captured in Karnataka but later strayed into Wayanad in the neighbouring state.
BJP has alleged that the
Siddaramaiah
govt is misusing taxpayers' money "to curry favour" with former party president
Rahul Gandhi
.
"Congress govt announced Rs 15 lakh (compensation) for the Kerala man trampled by an elephant from Karnataka on the orders of Rahul. BJP condemns this decision," BJP state chief B Y Vijayendra said on Tuesday.
He criticised govt for giving compensation of Rs 2,000 per hectare, amid crippling drought in Karnataka, "as if giving alms to farmers".
Leader of
opposition
in assembly R Ashoka hit out at state forest minister Eshwar Khandre. "Hello Eshwar Khandre, do you think Karnataka taxpayers' money is Congress's property to release it on orders of Rahul and K C Venugopal?" Ashoka asked on X. "Does your minister have the guts to 'ask boldly' to party high command that it is 'My Tax, My Right'?"
Former CM and JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy also hit out at Congress govt, alleging that it gave Rs 15 lakh to the man killed in Wayanad but only Rs 5 lakh to those who died in Karnataka due to elephant attacks.
Deputy CM D K Shivakumar said he has no information about the compensation given by Karnataka. He said he would react only after getting the information. PTI
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