Development of Karnataka priority for Centre: PM Modi
Hindustan TimesThe Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government has prioritised the development of Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, and accused the previous governments of taking money out of the state. The spending by the Union government for Karnataka has increased significantly in the past nine years, Modi said while launching a scathing attack on the earlier United Progressive Alliance government led by the Congress. “There was a time when people after forming a government in Karnataka would take their money outside,” the Prime Minister said at the inauguration of Barisu Kannada Dim Dimava, a cultural festival organised by the Delhi Karnataka Sangha in the national capital. “Today, the country’s money and resources are honestly directed towards Karnataka’s development.” Citing details of the spending for the state that goes to polls in a few months, Modi said that during the UPA’s tenure, the state was given ₹11,000 crore between 2009 and 2014; this amount has increased to ₹30,000 crore in the past nine years of NDA rule.