BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa said that the state budget to be presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday will have no consequence as the election code of conduct will come into force before it is implemented.
Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru on Thursday, Yeddyurappa said, Siddaramaiah, who also holds the finance portfolio, should not hoodwink the people by promising the moon in the proposals, but only present an vote-on-account budget.
He said it will be the new government, elected to power by the people in the Assembly polls, that will present the full budget for the financial year 2018-19.
Yeddyurappa charged that the Congress had not even utilised 50% of the grants earmarked in the 2017-18 budget. He said Siddaramaiah misused his office by holding pre-election rallies across the state using the tax payers money.
Published 15 February 2018, 18:40 IST