: BJP on Wednesday staged a protest in the Karnataka assembly by entering the well of the House on the farm loan waiver issue, alleging that the government was "lying" to farmers.
Slogans like "down down to the government that is lying", "loan waiver should be implemented" reverberated in the assembly, which is holding its winter session here.
With the ruling Congress-JD(S) MLAs also on their toes to defend the government, the scene turned chaotic.
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy was locked in a high pitch verbal duel with Opposition BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa during the debate on drought.
As Yeddyurappa raised questions on loan waiver, stating that only Rs 50 crore was waived so far,Kumaraswamy raised his voice and said "my government is stable. We are strong financially. I need not wait for any nationalised bank (for going ahead), whether they agree or not."
Questioning the Chief Minister's conduct, Yeddyurappa asked him to behave "responsibly."
Listing out the steps taken by the government to implement the loan waiver, he said the government has full clarity on farm loan waiver and we have created a separate cell with an IAS officer for this purpose."
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