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BENGALURU: The state unit of Congress on Friday announced that MPs, MLAs and MLCs will use their Local Area Development fund to the tune of Rs 100 crore for procuring vaccines. The fund can be used to buy 30 lakh doses of vaccine at the current rate.
KPCC president DK Shivakumar and opposition leader Siddaramaiah announced that the party will provide Rs 10 crore from internal funds and raise the remaining Rs 90 crore from the development fund of every MLA and MLC. “This is an unprecedented decision in Karnataka. Our 95 MPs, MLAs and MLCs will donate at least Rs 1 crore each,” Siddaramaiah said.
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BENGALURU: The state unit of Congress on Friday announced that MPs, MLAs and MLCs will use their Local Area Development fund to the tune of Rs 100 crore for procuring vaccines. The fund can be used to buy 30 lakh doses of vaccine at the current rate.
KPCC president DK Shivakumar and opposition leader Siddaramaiah announced that the party will provide Rs 10 crore from internal funds and raise the remaining Rs 90 crore from the development fund of every MLA and MLC. “This is an unprecedented decision in Karnataka. Our 95 MPs, MLAs and MLCs will donate at least Rs 1 crore each,” Siddaramaiah said.
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The Congress Karnataka unit on Friday announced that the MPs, MLAs and MLCs will use their Local Area Development fund to the tune of Rs 100 crore for procuring vaccines. The government has miserably failed to protect the people and vaccinate people. Hence, the MPs, MLAs and MLCs of the Congress, who are 95 in number have decided to donate at least Rs one crore each to procure vaccines, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is also the Congress legislative party leader, said at a press conference here.
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Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar said that he will write to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to utilise their LAD funds for vaccine procurement.
Shivakumar urged the state government to allow diversion of LAD funds for vaccine procurement.
As per current rules, only central and state governments, hospitals and industries can directly procure vaccines from the manufacturers.
New Delhi: The Karnataka Congress announced on Friday (May 14) that the MPs, MLAs and MLCs will mobilise their Local Area Development (LAD) fund of around Rs 100 crore to procure COVID-19 vaccines for the state. The government has miserably failed to protect the people and vaccinate people. Hence, the MPs, MLAs and MLCs of the Congress, who are 95 in number have decided to donate at least Rs one crore each to procure vaccines, PTI quoted former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, as saying.