Will probe all scams during BJP rule: Siddaramaiah

The deaths in Chamarajanagar Hospital due to oxygen shortage during the Covid pandemic will also be reinvestigated, he said. “The then Health and Family Welfare minister Dr K Sudhakar had said that only two people had died. But, the number of people who perished were more,” he said.

On criticism by Opposition parties about the implementation of guarantee schemes, he said that the government had already implemented the Shakti scheme, which provides free bus rides for women. “We will implement Gruha Jyothi (upto 200 units free power) scheme from July 1 and Gruha Lakshmi (Rs 2,000 per month per women head of the family) scheme from August 15.”

The Anna Bhagya scheme will be implemented as soon as the state government is able to procure rice, he said. The Food Corporation of India, which initially agreed to supply rice, made a U-turn. “This is a conspiracy of the central government,” Siddaramaiah said, accusing the BJP of being an anti-poor party.

“The state government is making all efforts to procure rice from different agencies. A discussion will be held during a Cabinet meeting scheduled Wednesday. “We are not able to procure the required amount of rice. We will implement the Anna Bhagya scheme as soon as we get rice,” he said.