Barely a month after its resounding victory in the Karnataka assembly election, the Congress has already hit a roadblock. Over the past fortnight, the Siddaramaiah government has found itself scrambling to meet its self-imposed deadline of July 1 to roll out Anna Bhagya, its flagship free foodgrains distribution scheme. To fulfil its poll promise of providing an additional 5 kg to people falling below the poverty line (BPL), it needs to tie up supplies of 228,000 tonnes of rice per month. But the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre has been playing hardball. Its sudden decision to stop selling rice and wheat to states from its pool and instead
