Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (RJP)
Mangaluru, Jun 15: BJP has completely failed to function as an Opposition party in the state, alleged MLC and parliamentary secretary to chief minister Ivan D'Souza.
He was speaking to media on Friday, June 14.
“Instead of providing suggestions to the coalition government on improving its governance and welfare schemes, the Opposition leaders are engaged in making false allegations against the state government,” Ivan added.
“Shobha Karandlaje is unhappy as she could not get ministerial berth. So she is expressing her displeasure by making baseless allegations against the coalition government and has termed the government's decision to expand the Cabinet as the final nail in the coffin,” he said.
Ivan informed that government had waived Rs 10.73 crore out of the Rs 16.73 crore loan borrowed by 3,710 farmers in nationalised banks. A sum of Rs 5.99 crore is pending to be released to Dakshina Kannada district.
Out of Rs 526.45 crore loan borrowed by farmers from cooperative societies, the state government has released Rs 197.47 crore to waive loans borrowed by 32,960 farmers, he added. A sum of Rs 328.98 crore is pending to be released to the district.
In Udupi district, out of the Rs 39.72-crore loan borrowed by 4,720 farmers from nationalised banks, a sum of Rs 8.26 crore has been released by the state government. A total of 24,232 farmers had borrowed Rs 178-crore loan from cooperative societies in Udupi district. The government has released Rs 54.53 crore to cooperative societies as part of loan waiver as on May 31, he added.