HDK blames state govt for jobless man dying by suicide

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: JD(S) state president HD Kumaraswamy on Monday came down heavily against the State government over the suicide of an unemployed youth in Belagavi district.

A 30-year-old youth named Basavaraj Venkata had been looking for a job and couldn’t find one. He decided to hang himself because he couldn’t see his mother go hungry.

Kumaraswamy alleged that if schemes like Anna Bhagya were working efficiently, such cases wouldn’t come to light. Anna Bhagya promises 10 kilograms of rice to BPL and Antyodaya card holders.

It is to be noted that BPL card holders already get five kgs of free rice under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).

However, the State government hasn’t been able to provide rice since the FCI stopped selling states rice.