Vijayanagara, May 20 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday announced that the Bhu Guarantee scheme is the sixth would be the sixth in the Congress government's flagship series of guarantee initiatives. He stated that the initiative is a gesture of gratitude, aimed at repaying the trust and support of the people who brought the party to power in the state.

"We are giving the Bhu Guarantee scheme as the sixth guarantee to repay our debt to the people of the state who blessed us with power. As per the directions of the AICC President, the guarantee schemes will not be stopped as long as the Congress government is in power," Shivakumar said at the 'Samarpana Convention', held to mark the Congress-led state government's ...