K’taka Congress starts campaign against graft in BJP govt

PTI, Sep 13, 2022, 8:56 PM IST

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Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress on Tuesday launched a campaign against ‘40 percent Sarkara, BJP means Bhrashtachara’ with a focus on the alleged corruption prevailing in Karnataka.

“Today, we are launching a campaign “40 percent Sarkara, BJP means Bhrashtachara’ (40 per cent government, BJP means corruption). Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai knows that his Cabinet ministers are completely involved in corrupt activities and are looting,” Siddaramaiah said in a press conference.

ರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರ ಮುಕ್ತಗೊಳಿಸಬೇಕು ಎಂಬ ಉದ್ದೇಶದಿಂದ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷದಿಂದ ಜನಜಾಗೃತಿ ಅಭಿಯಾನ ಆರಂಭಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.

ನಮ್ಮ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಅಧಿಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದರೆ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರ ಮುಕ್ತ ಆಡಳಿತ ನೀಡುವ ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇವೆ.
– @siddaramaiah#40percentsarkara pic.twitter.com/2m8JgRJb2F

— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) September 13, 2022

He alleged that the public works have completely stopped.

Recalling the Belagavi-based contractor and a BJP worker Santosh Patil who hanged himself in a hotel in Udupi earlier this year leaving behind a message holding the BJP’s Shivamogga MLA K S Eshwarappa responsible for his death as he (MLA) was allegedly demanding 40 percent commission.

After the incident, Eshwarappa resigned as the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister.

The Congress State president D K Shivakumar who was present at the press conference released a campaign song on ‘the 40 percent commission government’.

ರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರ ಮುಕ್ತಗೊಳಿಸಬೇಕು ಎಂಬ ಉದ್ದೇಶದಿಂದ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷದಿಂದ ಜನಜಾಗೃತಿ ಅಭಿಯಾನ ಆರಂಭಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.

ನಮ್ಮ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಅಧಿಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದರೆ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರ ಮುಕ್ತ ಆಡಳಿತ ನೀಡುವ ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇವೆ.
– @siddaramaiah#40percentsarkara pic.twitter.com/2m8JgRJb2F

— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) September 13, 2022

Later, in a statement, the Congress said, “Karnataka is currently burdened by the bottomless greed of the BJP government. The 40 percent Sarkara has made the words ‘corruption’ and ‘commission’ a mainstay in every aspect of governance. Their hunger for money is so much that they’re happy to sacrifice the lives of innocent people as well.” The party said it would not let the BJP run riot and destroy the lives of the people of Karnataka. It added that it would expose the BJP’s failure.

40% ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರ ಬಯಲು ಮಾಡಲು ನಮ್ಮೊಂದಿಗೆ ಕೈಜೋಡಿಸಿ.

844-770-40-40 ಗೆ ಕರೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ದೂರು ನೀಡಿ https://t.co/n5QTYaDmz7 ಗೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ ನಿಮ್ಮ ದೂರನ್ನು ದಾಖಲು ಮಾಡಿ.

2023ರಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಈ ದೂರಿನ ಕುರಿತು ಕ್ರಮ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿದೆ.#40percentsarkara pic.twitter.com/FlPei8dnZT

— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) September 13, 2022