K.R. Pet, April 19 -- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led State Government has neglected development programmes by backing guarantee schemes, alleged former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) here yesterday.

Addressing the mega election rally organised at Radio Grounds in KR Nagar to campaign for NDA candidate from Mandya Lok Sabha Constituency and former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy, Yediyurappa, also a Lingayat strongman, said that the present Congress State Government had totally failed in carrying out irrigation projects and had also neglected the welfare of the State.

Appealing to the Veerashaiva community to consider him as their candidate and vote for Kumaraswamy, the senior BJP leader said that on Kumaraswamy emerging victorious he would ...