Karnataka: BJP members try to lock CM office in counter-protest to Congress’ Jantar Mantar sit-in

Leader of Opposition R Ashok urged Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar to “stop the street circus in New Delhi,” saying people in Karnataka were asking for free rice and unemployment allowance the Congress had promised in its pre-poll guarantees. “The farmers are asking for the release of Rs 4,000 to each of them under the Kisan Samman scheme. The milk producers are asking for a Rs 7 per litre subsidy from the state government…Congress MLAs themselves are asking for funds to develop their constituencies,” he said.