Congress on Sunday assured Belgaumites of giving 50% discount of Property Tax if the party was voted to power in Belagavi City Corporation.

At a news conference at Belagavi on Sunday, KPCC President DK Shivakumar said that Belagavi was provided with all basic facility when Congress was ruling the state and high mast streetlights when Feroz Sait was the MLA of the city. The city was developing online of Bengaluru when Sait was the legislstor. Good roads, better UGCs, water supplying system etc in Belagavi were done when Congress was in rule in the state.

As BJP its manifesto to Belagavi City Corporation election has assured free cremation/burial if voted to power, Shivakumar said that BJP government which not created facilities to bury, cremate the dead for Corona Virus was now speaking about free funeral. It was good decision of the saffon party as people have to die to utilise the said benefit.

As the passengers train project between Belagavi and Hubballi was not being attended by anyone from BJP, he said “BJP is expert in running such false train.”

He said despite BJP has more MLAs in Belagavi district no one interested to put pressure on the government to conduct a legislative session at Suvarna Vidhan Soudha here.