• "INDIA alliance is the new edition of East India Company": Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje

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    "INDIA alliance is the new edition of East India Company": Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje

    The formation of a new opposition alliance called 'INDIA' at the national level is nothing more than a new...


    Digital Desk: The formation of a new opposition alliance called 'INDIA' at the national level is nothing more than a new version of the East India Company, said BJP leader and.


    Those who have looted the country for 60 years have now joined together for power, she claimed Tuesday while speaking to reporters in Udupi. "It is now India vs. Bharat," she said.


    Karandlaje slammed the alliance, claiming that all of the opposition politicians who attended the Bengaluru meeting are prime ministerial candidates.


    The Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare said that the name of the coalition, INDIA, also violates the requirements of the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950. 


    Regarding the five election promises made by the Karnataka Congress government, she claimed that without budgetary assistance for the "Shakti" program, which provides free travel for women on the public transportation system, the state's transport system will have to close in four months.


    She claimed that the state government is blaming the Centre for not providing rice for 'Anna Bhagya' scheme without participating in the auction process of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to procure the cereal.