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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said the Centre has approved Rs 3,499 crore as drought relief and released only Rs 3,454 crore and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give the balance amount as soon as possible.
The chief minister thanked the Supreme Court for warning the Central government and providing some drought relief to the state.
“According to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) rules, the state was supposed to be paid Rs 18,171 crore, but the Central government has only approved Rs 3,498.98 crore. This money is not sufficient for the drought relief. Our fight for the arrears will continue,” he told reporters.
Later Siddaramaiah said Narendra Modi has undermined the dignity of the Prime Minister’s post with lies and inflaming people’s sentiments.
“Narendra Modi is very good at lying. They have marketed lies. He is trying to harm the dignity of people by saying irrelevant things, inflaming people’s feelings, polarizing them, which undermines the dignity of the post of Prime Minister,” Siddaramaiah said
