In response to controversial statements made by State minister K Venkatesh regarding cow slaughter, workers affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka organized a distinctive protest. They expressed their opposition to the Congress government led by Siddaramaiah by utilizing cows as a symbol during the demonstration, which generated significant attention and sparked a heated debate.
#WATCH | BJP workers protest with cows after Karnataka minister K Venkatesh asked what is wrong with slaughtering cows, in Bengaluru pic.twitter.com/QNXpczx355
— ANI (@ANI) June 6, 2023
Venkatesh had on Saturday said that if buffaloes can be slaughtered, why not cows. This did not go down well with the BJP who came down heavily on the Siddaramaiah government.
On Monday, Siddaramaiah defended Venkatesh claimed there was lack of clarity in the cow slaughter scheme brought by the previous BJP government and it will be discussed in the upcoming Cabinet meeting.
The Karnataka BJP also alleged that the State government is not delivering on its five poll guarantees.
#WATCH | BJP workers in Bengaluru protest against the Karnataka govt alleging that the state govt is not delivering on its five poll guarantees and state minister K Venkatesh asking what is wrong with slaughtering cows pic.twitter.com/ggYhVq0WjE
— ANI (@ANI) June 6, 2023
Siddaramaiah, while garlanding former Chief Minister Devaraja Arasu’s statue, stated that the BJP has no moral right to protest against the Congress’ poll promises. He called the BJP an anti-people party, accusing them of looting the State while in power and discontinuing social welfare programs. Siddaramaiah also announced that the State government would provide 10 hours of free electricity and waive off loans.
These five ‘main’ guarantees promised by the Congress during the poll were, 200 units of free power to all households (Gruha Jyoti); Rs 2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of every family (Gruha Lakshmi); 10 kg of rice free to every member of a BPL household (Anna Bhagya); Rs 3,000 every month for unemployed graduate youth and Rs 1,500 for unemployed diploma holders (both in the age group of 18-25) for two years (Yuva Nidhi) and free travel for women in public transport buses (Uchita Prayana).
