The newly-elected Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, just hours after taking oath of the office, has issued order to implement Gruha Lakshmi scheme after the first meeting of the state Cabinet. Under this scheme, financial assistance of Rs 2,000 a month will be provided to every woman head of household in the state. He also issued an order to implement Anna Bhagya Yojana which provides 10 kilograms of rice per person per month to BPL families free of cost.
Following the swearing-in ceremony on Saturday, Siddaramaiah assured that his government would fulfil the aspirations of the people. While addressing a press conference, he said that his government has given “in principle” approval to the five Congress' guarantees in the first Cabinet meeting.
“Five guarantees in the manifesto were promised and the order for the implementation of those five guarantees was given after the first cabinet meeting. All will be in force after next cabinet meeting which will be called within a week,” he said during the press conference held in Vidhan Soudha.
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Terming the previous Bharatiya Janata Party government as “useless”, Siddaramaiah alleged they could not get the share of taxes properly for the state.
Earlier in the day, Siddaramaiah took the oath as the new Karnataka Chief Minister and DK Shivakumar was sworn in as his deputy.
The eight cabinet ministers also took oaths.
He thanked party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi and president Mallikarjun Kharge along with other national leaders who campaigned in Karnataka.
The oath of office was administered to the two leaders by state Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot at a ceremony at the Kanteerava Stadium here.
This is the second tenure for Siddaramaiah as the Chief Minister. He previously served between 2013 and 2018.