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Women and Child Development Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar connected December 17 apologised successful the Karnataka Assembly for giving incorrect accusation to the House connected outgo of Gruha Laksmi strategy installments, aft the BJP members staged a protestation demanding an apology.
A fewer days ago, the Minister, successful her reply to BJP subordinate Mahesh Tenginakayi, had claimed that the authorities of Karnataka had cleared each the pending installment towards Gruha Lakshmi strategy till August 2025. Though the Opposition members had complained that the installments for February and March had not been paid, she had maintained that determination were nary pending installments.
Subsequently, erstwhile it had turned retired that the installments for these 2 months had not been paid, the Opposition members had been urging Speaker U. T. Khader to inquire the Minister to clarify.
Worth ₹5,000 crore
On December 17, the Opposition members insisted that the curate should clarify to the House instantly and besides tender an apology to 1.26 crore beneficiaries. They accused the Minister of misleading the House. Pointing retired that the 2 installments amounted to astir ₹5,000 crore, they urged her to fto the House cognize wherever did the wealth went. They commenced a dharna successful the good of the House, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House for a abbreviated while.
Ms. Hebbalkar, who came to the House erstwhile it re-assembled, admitted that she had travel to cognize that wealth had not been paid for the 2 months erstwhile she checked with officials. “I did not person immoderate volition of either misleading the House oregon furnishing mendacious information. I volition explicit regret if anyone is wounded by my reply,” she said. “Also, I volition cheque with the Finance Department astir the funds that were not paid to the beneficiaries for the months of February and March.” So far, 23 installments amounting to ₹46,000 crore had been paid done DBT nether the strategy and outgo had been made till August, she said.
However, the Opposition members refused to relent and demanded an apology from her. Finally, the Minister tendered an apology, but launched a counter-attack by accusing the Opposition of targeting her due to the fact that she was a woman. This angered the Opposition members who asked her to desist from playing the unfortunate card.
BJP subordinate V. Sunil Kumar ridiculed that the authorities had skipped 2 installments of Grua Lakshmi strategy arsenic it was financially bankrupt.
‘Is Centre bankrurpt?’
Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar pointed retired that the Centre was yet to honour its committedness of providing ₹ 5,300 crore to Karnataka for the Upper Bhadra Project and thousands of crores of rupees nether MGNREGA and Jaljivan mission. “Can we accidental that the Centre has not transferred this magnitude to Karnataka due to the fact that it is financially bankrupt?” helium changeable back. Whatever the funds are released by the Finance Department would beryllium transferred to beneficiaries, helium said.
He launched a antagonistic onslaught astatine the BJP by maintaining that the BJP was winning assorted authorities assembly elections by copying the warrant schemes of the Congress government.
RDPR Minister Priyank Kharge excessively joined the onslaught by accusing the BJP of adjacent indulging successful ballot chori to triumph polls. This triggered a heated speech of words betwixt the ruling and the Opposition members.
Finally, the Opposition members staged a walkout expressing dissatisfaction implicit the Minister not announcing erstwhile the installments of February and March would beryllium paid.
