BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday lambasted Union Minister for Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi over allegedly issuing a false statement on ethanol allocation to oil marketing companies.
Issuing a statement on Friday, CM Siddaramaiah stated, "I demand that Union Minister Joshi apologise to the farmers of Karnataka for his false statements made with the sole intention of turning them against our government."
"There is still time — let him urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order higher ethanol procurement from Karnataka and wash away the sin of betraying our farmers, " CM Siddaramaiah stated.
"Our demand is simple — ethanol allocation should be proportionate to production capacity. Instead of supporting this pro-farmer demand, Pralhad Joshi has spoken against us, thereby betraying the farmers of Karnataka, " CM Siddaramaiah said.