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By Express News ServiceBENGALURU: A delegation of Congress leaders, led by Legislative Party chief Siddaramaiah and state Congress president DK Shivakumar, met Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday to discuss the crisis triggered by COVID-19. The Congress in its memorandum to the chief minister urged the state to push the Union government to declare the outbreak a ‘national calamity’ to enhance economic and logistic support given to states. In their 16-point memorandum, Congress leaders also registered their protest against alleged discrimination in the supply of relief material to constituencies represented by non-BJP legislators and to communally charged statements by BJP leaders. The loss incurred by these growers should be made good by the Government from out of National Calamity Fund,” the Congress demanded. Action against legislators, leaders misusing government relief to paste photographs on material..