Bharat Express

Siddaramaiah

The Congress government has come under sharp criticism from the opposition BJP over the announcement on hijab.

This banned practice, persisting in defiance of regulations, leads to numerous deaths annually, often due to suffocation.

"Even after the increase in excise rates, the price of liquor in our state would be lower when compared to the neighbouring states," the Chief Minister said in the budget speech.

While campaigning on Feburuary 13, in Kolar district, Siddaramaiah said that he would waive loans taken from credit NGOs, DCC Bank, and microfinance companies.

Siddaramaiah was scheduled to leave at 9.50 a.m., but due to his wife's health, he delayed his flight to Delhi by more than an hour, according to sources familiar with the situation.

The programme enables women and transgender people to ride for free in government buses throughout Karnataka, regardless of their age or socioeconomic status.

While announcing the provision of 200 units of free electricity, he also said that consumers who have not paid their bills until July will have to do so.

Other than Finance, Siddaramaiah also holds cabinet affairs and the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms

MLAs H K Patil, Krishna Byregowda, N Cheluvarayaswamy, K Venkatesh, H C Mahadevappa, Congress working president Eshwar Khandre, and former state Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao are among those who will take oath on Saturday noon.

Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar are departing separately for New Delhi today, where they are anticipated to meet with Congress high command and discuss cabinet expansion, and allocation of portfolios to existing ministers