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The Opposition BJP and JD(S) members successful the Legislative Assembly connected Thursday (January 29, 2026) accused the ruling Congress authorities of “looting taxpayers’ money” by issuing full-page advertisements criticising the NDA government’s Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) scheme.
BJP and JD(S) members said they had nary objection to the Congress enactment issuing advertisements successful newspapers, but objected to advertisements being released by the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, which they termed “illegal.”
The full Opposition staged a walkout aft Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge defended the advertisements and said akin advertisements would beryllium issued successful newspapers successful the nationalist superior to item what helium described arsenic the drawbacks of the Centre’s caller occupation scheme.
The authorities has convened a peculiar league of the authorities legislature to walk a solution condemning the VB-G RAM (G) strategy and to request restoration of MGNREGA of the UPA regime.
‘Public wealth misused’
As soon arsenic the House assembled, BJP members S. Suresh Kumar and V. Sunil Kumar, on with JD(S) subordinate C.B. Suresh Babu, sought an mentation from the authorities connected the intent and merits of the advertisements.
Leader of the Opposition R. Ashok alleged that nationalist wealth had been misused to strain Centre-State relations. He accused the Congress authorities of utilizing taxpayers’ wealth to beforehand party-related matters by publishing advertisements against a Central authorities scheme.
Instead of criticising the scheme, Mr. Ashok said the authorities could person utilized Mahatma Gandhi’s photograph to make consciousness connected issues specified arsenic de-addiction, oregon for campaigns similar Swachh Bharat. He besides alleged that the advertisements were factually incorrect and insulting to the Father of the Nation.
Mr Suresh Kumar termed the contented of advertisements the “biggest crime,” portion BJP State president and subordinate B.Y. Vijayendra alleged that liquor shops were recovered each 500 metres, with less aesculapian stores successful comparison.
Responding to the allegations, Mr. Kharge accused the BJP of ignoring the information that the Centre runs mostly connected taxes collected from Karnataka. A disproportionate stock of taxation gross is being devolved to States similar Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, helium said, portion Karnataka was denied its owed share.
