Kudligi, Nov. 9 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress president DK Shivakumar on Saturday said that the Congress government's guarantee schemes have become a model for the entire country, compelling other political parties to prioritise public welfare.

Speaking at an event organised to inaugurate the project to fill 74 tanks in Kudligi taluk from the Tungabhadra river, Shivakumar said, "The guarantee schemes of the Congress party are a model to the whole country. It has forced other parties to think about the welfare of people now. The Congress party will serve the people of Karnataka once again after coming back to power in 2028."

Shivakumar added, "BJP, which criticised the Congress' guarantee schemes, is copying it in...