BJP govt not committed to confront COVID-19: Siddaramaiah

Mysuru: Congress has cooperated with the BJP government in fighting the COVID-19 crisis but the BJP is not committed to handling the COVID-19 pandemic, former CM Siddaramaiah has accused the centre and State governments.

Speaking at Mysuru, Siddaramaiah stated that when the first case was reported in Kerala, the State and centre should have sounded a high alert, but they did not do anything until April and later made us all applaud and bang utensils.

The lockdown was declared at midnight, people were not given time to be prepared for it. This caused much trouble for the workers and the poor. Is it wrong to ask, questions on these issues? We are in the opposition to question this. People and the media will teach them a lesson in the future soon, he said.

If I were the chief minister, I would have paid Rs 10,000 to every family. Almost 1 crore families would have received the money by now. I’m saying this as an advice to CM Yediyurappa.

Speaking on the appointment of Mallikarjun Kharge as the Congress candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections, he said, “My recommendation to the Rajya Sabha is Kharghe, I’ve has already told this to Venugopal. I have also told the high command whatever I had to say.”