Welcoming the farm loan waiver, former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today termed the budgetpresented by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy as a "revisedbudget."
All programmes of the previous governmenthave been continued, he said adding "both parties had decided about loan waiver and we had mentioned about in the common minimum programme, so they have done it."
Stating that Kumaraswamy is not "honest" on the issue of farm loan waiver, Yeddyurappa said in a statement that, "having declared that he would waive all farm loansincluding those obtained from nationalised banks, Kumaraswamy,however, has restricted himself to waiving loans to theextent of Rs 2 lakhs applicable till 31.12.2017. This isnothing but taking farmers for a ride."
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