Those who want Shaadi Bhagya scheme can go to Pakistan: Basangouda Patil Yatnal

Team Udayavani, Mar 9, 2020, 5:19 PM IST

Bengaluru: BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal on Monday again stroked a controversy by stating that those who want wedding scheme for poor women from minority communities can go to Pakistan.

Welcoming the decision of the Karnataka government in withdrawing the Shaadi Bhagya scheme Basangouda Patil Yatnal said, “India is a secular nation. There is no need for minority appeasement. There is a need for a uniform civil code in the country… Should nothing be given to the majority community in India? Is nothing being given to Hindus secular? Does secular mean everything is for the minorities?… Pakistan is giving such schemes. Those who want the scheme, let them go to Pakistan.”

Shaadi Bhagya scheme was launched by the previous Congress government in 2013, promising a one-time wedding expense of Rs 50,000 to women from minority communities who are below the poverty line. No fresh funds were announced for the wedding scheme as Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa presented the state budget in the Karnataka assembly last week.