The Mahayuti alliance will organize scheduled flights and buses for its leaders to visit the state and get first-hand information about the government’s guarantee schemes, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Sivakumar said on Saturday.

At a press conference held at the Pradesh Congress Committee office in Mumbai, along with Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu, he said: “BJP has run a disinformation campaign on the Karnataka government’s guarantee schemes by publishing fake advertisements in Maharashtra.”

“We are considering taking legal action against parties who launched a disinformation campaign. “They are spreading lies about the Karnataka government, which has fulfilled all its promises,” he said.

“Mahayuti leaders can visit Karnataka anytime and see the success of our assurance schemes with their own eyes. I will arrange charter flights and buses on behalf of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee,” he added.

Sivakumar claimed that before the implementation of the guarantee schemes, Karnataka’s GDP growth rate was 8.2 per cent, but now it has increased to 10.2 per cent.

“These are not my figures, these are the figures announced by the institutions of the Union government,” he said.

The Deputy Chief Minister also alleged that the BJP has copied the Karnataka government’s guarantee schemes in other states.

“All the BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ridiculed the five guarantee schemes of the Karnataka government when they were launched. “Ironically, the same leaders are copying our plans and promising similar plans in other states,” he said.

Sivakumar said the guarantee schemes were announced after Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi interacted with people during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

“We have announced 200 units of free energy under Gruhajyothi, 10 kg of foodgrains under Anna Bhagya, Rs 2,000 per month for female heads of families under Gruhalakshmi, free bus travel under Shakthi and monthly allowance of up to Rs 3,000 per month for unemployed youth. he added.

“The government is spending Rs 52,000 billion on these five programmes, and we are considering increasing it to Rs 56,000 billion. Karnataka is Basavanna’s land. We are walking the talk,” he added.