SHOCKER From Karnataka MLA: 'Vote Congress in LS Polls Or Siddaramaiah Will Scrap 5 Guarantees'

Magi, Karnataka: A massive shocker cropped up in Karnataka when a ruling Congress legislator warned voters of scrapping promised guarantees if people don't vote for party in upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections. 

Congress MLA HC Balakrishna asked public to vote for Congress MP DK Suresh during people connect programme in Magi, Ramanagar district. He furr asked people wher y want development or temple (referring to Ram Mandir inauguration). 

“Is your vote for grains of rice (Akshat used for Ram Mandir) or guarantees? I have spoken to CM Siddaramaiah and DyCM DK Shivakuamr and said that we are also Hindus, building temples is good but asking votes in name of temples is not, and that remains our view.”

“If people make Congress win we will continue with guarantees or else we will scrap guarantees because people have rejected it. We will fee that temples hold more value for you over guarantees and scrap m. Using that money we will build temples too and ask votes in name of temples isn't it?” said Congress MLA. 

“I have told CM that because of guarantees you have given people should make us win, or else we will scrap guarantees and will use se funds for development,” he ded. 

Congress's major guarantees were - ₹ 2,000 monthly assistance to women hes of all families (Gruhalakshmi), 200 units of power to all households (Gruhajyoti), ₹ 3,000 every month for gruate youth and ₹ 1,500 for diploma holders (Yuvanidhi), 10 kg rice per person per month (Annabhagya) and free travel for women in State public transport buses (Shakti).