BENGALURU: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R Ashoka has said that corruption is rampant and no work is done in any State Government offices without 60% commission. Ashoka also demanded a judicial probe into alleged corruption in the Housing Department.
“So far, opposition parties have been making allegations against the government, but now even the senior leaders of the ruling party are making allegations, showing the extent of corruption,” Ashoka told media persons in Bengaluru on Saturday.
“They take money for plan sanction and allotment of houses. Nothing works in this government without money. No work will be done in any office without 60% commission,” he said.
Ashoka said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is not doing anything, but making allegations against the Union Government. The BJP leader said that the State Government should immediately order a judicial probe into allegations made by senior Congress MLA BR Patil, who had alleged that houses were allotted to those who paid bribes. If the Congress MLAs talk about corruption, the government will not survive for three days, Ashoka said.
Chief Whip of the Opposition in Council N Ravi Kumar said that with fault lines in the government becoming visible, the Siddaramaiah regime has started showing signs of imploding.
Ravi Kumar said that that Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda had slammed the officials in the Bangalore Tahsildar’s office for being both inefficient and corrupt, and Law Minister HK Patil wrote to Siddaramaiah on SIT’s inability to prevent the loot of Rs 35,000 crore in illegal mining.
“Both HK Patil and Krishna Byre Gowda enjoy an element of credibility. If they speak in this tone, then it means the rot and the filth within the government is running too deep,” Ravi Kumar said.
Congress MLA BR Patil has accused Housing Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan of running a corrupt system, Ravi Kumar said and challenged the CM to obtain Zameer’s resignation. Siddaramaiah had accused the BJP government of 40% corruption and now what does he say about his cabinet colleagues expressing displeasure over rampant corruption in his government, he said.
