Karnataka Government said : Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said he takes the industry’s allegations seriously and will “reach the final outcome”.
BENGALURU: Lingayat industry has accused Karnataka government Basavaraj Bommai of embezzling 30 percent of its grants on development and development of mutts – shocking allegations in the days following corruption allegations against former state minister KS Eshwarappa.
Chief Minister Bommai has said he takes the investigator’s allegations seriously and will “reach the end of the case”.
Dingaleshwara Swami an industrialist who leads a team of more than 20 sadhus from across the region to give support to Lingayat hero BS Yediyurappa during his tenure as Prime Minister. He was also the one who even warned of the fall of BJP in the province when BS Yediyurappa was removed from the position of CM.
Even we know the cutting scam. If any grants are to be spent on social education and development, the government will reduce the commission by 30 percent before deducting the money, otherwise it will not work at all. Officials say that if you do not comply with the reduction, you will not be released, ”said Dingaleshwara Swami.
“She is a beautiful Swamiji,” said Mr Bommai. “He is well known in the state and I ask his holiness to prove who the commission was paid for, for what purposes, and for whom … on the side, ”he added.
Last week, Santhosh Patil, a BJP employee and contractor, committed suicide after accusing KS Eshwarappa, a former panchayat raj minister, of demanding a 40 percent commission on certain projects he had worked on.
Mr Easwarappa had to step down as allegations of money laundering created a major political scandal. Many contractors’ organizations backed Santhosh Patil’s allegations, saying that paying a 40 percent commission was normal.
With almost a year to go before the election, the central leadership of the BJP has insisted on resigning, sources said, although the premier agreed to call the matter after a preliminary inquiry.
The provincial opposition party has demanded that Mr Eshwarappa – who was convicted of suicide – also be arrested on corruption charges. The group also said all allegations of corruption such as these require further investigation.
Amid a series of allegations against the Karnataka Government led by Basavaraj Bommai, a Lingayat observer alleged that the Karnataka government was charging 30% as commission before approving grants to mutts in the province.
This comes at a time when the provincial government is facing another similar allegation of charging a 40% commission on contractors in the province. The BJP government is yet to make any statement on the matter, which appears to have the potential to drive ahead of the 2023 general election. Meanwhile, opposition parties continued to question the legitimacy and order of the state.
“Eshwarappa is guilty of my death. He should be punished. I suppressed all my wishes and [did] this. I ask PM, CM and Yediyurappa to take care of my family,” Patil wrote in a WhatsApp message. .
In a complaint, the deceased’s brother, Prashanth Patil, said that from 2020-21, residents of Hindalga village called Eshwarappa to the provincial capital Bengaluru and asked him to set up roads, storm waterways and paved roads.
He further added that Eshwarappa agreed to start work without worrying about the budget, after which Santosh Patil was offered a contract. The complainant denied that his brother had done $ 4 million in the house.
A few weeks ago, Patil wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stating that Eshwarappa had not paid off his outstanding debts. He accused the BJP leader of lying, corruption and maladministration, and urged Prime Minister Modi to direct Eshwarappa to pay his debts.
Eshwarappa initially denied the allegations and retaliated by filing a defamation suit against Patil for “baseless” charges.
There is a sad situation to pay a 30 per cent commission. Work begins only after paying 30 percent. Many contractors have suspended their operations. Only negotiations but no progress is taking place. Most MPs prepare the standard first before starting work, ”said Swamiji.
The Congress leader, who called the BJP government a ‘40 percent commission government’, wondered why there was a 10 percent ‘permit’, and asked the BJP government not only to demand a 30 percent commission on temples and monasteries. .
“How is your ‘Dharma Rakshana’ (protection of righteousness) when you take command from God?” Siddaramaiah wanted to know.
He also criticized CM Bommai for his statement to Hosapete during a BJP executive committee meeting on Sunday that the BJP would expose the party’s corruption in public.
“Do not make the empty claim that you (Bommai) have evidence of corruption during the ANC. Release the document and speak up,” Siddaramaiah challenged the prime minister.
Distribution of resources to mutts and monks is not new in Karnataka. Subsequent governments have been providing mutts to finance their religious and social activities.
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