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Alleging that the Congress has been spreading lies astir the VB-G RAM-G Act arsenic it wil extremity the party’s “game of commission”, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan connected Thursday trained his guns connected “corruption and irregularities” successful implementation of MGNREGA successful Yadgir and Kalaburagi districts.
The Union Minister’s onslaught came hours aft the commotion implicit Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot refusing to work State’s allegations implicit the VB-G RAM-G Act successful his code to the associated league of the State Legislature. Incidentally, Kalaburagi is the location territory of AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and his lad and RDPR Minister Priyank Kharge is in-charge of the district.
Addressing a property league here, Mr. Chouhan displayed media reports connected a fewer men disguising arsenic women by wearing sarees to illegally assertion wages to the tune of ₹3 lakh nether the MGNREGA strategy done mendacious identity.
Cases of irregularities
“There were 3,551 cases of irregularities wherever the enactment had been done lone connected paper. Though the Congress authorities could person recovered ₹ 107.78 crore that had been illegally paid successful specified cases, it did nothing,” helium alleged.
Even the CAG, successful its report, had referred to specified scams successful the occupation strategy and recommended betterment of ₹24.12 crore. But the Congress authorities successful Karnataka recovered lone ₹2.47 crore, helium alleged.
Mr. Chouhan said his Ministry had conducted an enquiry pursuing complaints and it had shown that alternatively of persons, machines had been utilized successful execution of 21 works successful 5 colony panchayats of Aland successful Kalaburagi territory successful 2024-25.
He sought to brushwood speech allegations that the Narendra Modi-led authorities had failed to supply accent to the occupation scheme. “A full of ₹48,549.82 crore has been sanctioned to the strategy by the Narendra Modi authorities truthful acold to Karnataka unsocial arsenic against ₹8,739.32 crore fixed by the erstwhile UPA government,” helium said.
He maintained that the Karnataka Governor could not person work the afloat substance of the code earlier the legislature arsenic it was afloat of lies astir VB-G RAM-G Act. “When the Governor refused to talk lies, the Congress misbehaved with him,” Mr. Chouhan alleged and demanded enactment against the culprits.
Orientation
Mr. Chouhan aboriginal conducted an predisposition league connected the caller occupation strategy for the legislators, MPs and salient leaders of the BJP and JD(S). Union Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy excessively attended the predisposition session.
