No hate politics in providing rice to the poor: Siddaramaiah to Amit Shah

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said that he has told Union Home Minister Amit Shah that there should be no ”hate politics”, in supply of rice to the state, for a scheme aimed at the poor. The Chief Minister met Shah on Wednesday night and held discussions regarding the supply of rice to the state, for its ‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme, which provides an additional 5 kg of rice for each member of BPL families. ”I met Amit Shah last night. I have brought to his notice that FCI had agreed to supply rice and had also written a letter in this regard, but all of a sudden the very next day they said they cannot supply. Prima facie it looks like politics has been played here. Let there be no hate politics in this, as this is the programme for providing rice to the poor,” Siddaramaiah said. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, he said, ”Shah told me that he will speak to the union minister concerned and come back.” Siddaramaiah and his ministers for the last few days, have been accusing the BJP-led government at the Centre of conspiring to ”fail” the Congress administration’s poll guarantee by ensuring that the state doesn’t get the required amount of rice from Food Corporation of India, for rolling out the ‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme, from July 1, as promised.