Overview
- At a state-level event in Hubballi, Karnataka symbolically inaugurated 42,345 houses built by the Slum Development Board under PMAY with Chief Minister’s special grants.
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge presided over the handover, with a small group of beneficiaries receiving allotments on stage.
- Siddaramaiah cited ₹1.16 lakh crore spent on five guarantee schemes and ₹5,500 crore on housing over roughly two and a half years to counter claims the state is fiscally strained.
- Karnataka BJP leaders held protests alleging protocol violations and downplaying of the Centre’s role, saying Union Minister Pralhad Joshi was not invited.
- Authorities managed a large turnout with extensive catering, security and transport, including 1,000 contracted NWKRTC buses that affected regular services.