Yatnal offers his six months salary to CM's Relief Fund

Bengaluru, Oct 12 (UNI) Suspended BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has offered to contribute six months of his salary to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund. This has brought renewed focus on the adequacy of Karnataka's Rs2,500 drought-relief assistance, amid protests by farmers demanding greater support for crop losses. The offer comes against the backdrop of growing discontent over the state government's decision to provide Rs2,500 as the first instalment of input subsidy to each eligible drought-hit farmer. Farmers have staged symbolic protests, including collecting alms for the Chief Minister's Relief Fund, to highlight their dissatisfaction with the assistance. The scale…