17,000 teachers recruited, 8,000 classrooms built by BJP govt: Karnataka CM Bommai

Tumkur , April 24,2023: As many as 8,000 classrooms were constructed and 17,000 teachers were recruited by the Education department during the incumbent BJP government in Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Sunday.
The chief minister made the remark on Sunday while addressing supporters during a roadshow. He said these recruitments were clean and did not involve any corruption or foul play.
Taking a swipe at the previous Congress government, CM Bommai said during the rule of his predecessor Siddaramaiah, people were appointed to teaching posts without even applying for the jobs.
He claimed further that the erstwhile government was neck-deep in corruption and indulged in many corrupt practices, ranging from recruitment scams to similar irregularities in education.
Throwing his weight behind the party’s candidate, CM Bommai said, “The people of Tiptur, the land of Kalpavruksha, have been supporting Nagesh. He has worked hard to make this place easily identifiable on the state’s map. Our sitting MLA (Nagesh) implemented the Honnali Lift Irrigation Scheme and helped to fill up the last tank in this region. The Bhagya Lakshmi scheme introduced by the BS Yediyurappa government also helped 30 per cent of women from the minority community here.”
He said the BJP government implemented the Raitha Vidyanidhi scheme, under which 75 units of power were made free of cost for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) people and education was also made free for girl students, and others.