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Karnataka Assembly: BJP Walks Out Over State Ad on Centre’s VB-G RAM G Act
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Thursday witnessed uproar over a state government advertisement published in newspapers opposing the Centre's VB-G RAM G Act, with the opposition BJP accusing the Siddaramaiah-led government of misusing taxpayers' money for "false propaganda."
Raising the issue in the Assembly, senior BJP MLA Suresh Kumar said, "There is a front-page advertisement in all newspapers.
"If the Congress party had issued an advertisement against the central government's Act, that would have been acceptable.
But such an advertisement issued by the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department against the VB-G RAM G Act is not right," he added.
Defending the advertisement, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge said the BJP appeared to suggest that the state government should accept everything the central government says "with folded hands and remain silent."