Karnataka Congress MLA Raju Kage threatened to resign Monday, complaining of a scarcity of funds for growth works and backed his celebration colleague B R Patil’s allegations that homes below authorities schemes had been being allotted in trade for bribes.
The four-time Congress MLA from Kagwad constituency alleged that the “administration has utterly failed in Karnataka.” His major grouse was the delay within the launch of Rs 13 crore meant for group halls in his constituency.
“It has been two years for the reason that chief minister’s particular grant of Rs 25 crore was allotted (for Kagwad). Rs 12 crore was spent on roads, whereas Rs 13 crore was for group halls. In two years, have they launched the Rs 13 crore? When did we give the proposal? Works orders haven’t been issued until now,” he stated, asking whether or not it took two years for the federal government to launch funds and take up works.
“The administration has utterly failed in Karnataka. I’m damage. I’m inclined in the direction of resigning (as MLA). If I meet the CM in two days and resign, it gained’t be a shock,” the MLA stated.
He additionally defended allegations by MLA Patil, the deputy chairman of the Karnataka State Coverage and Planning Fee, on corruption in housing schemes. In a leaked name with Housing Minister Zameer Khan’s private assistant Sarfaraz Khan, Patil was heard saying that homes below the Rajiv Gandhi Housing Company had been allotted in return for bribes in his Aland constituency. The names of beneficiaries really helpful by him weren’t thought-about whereas allotting round 950 homes, Patil had stated. Deputy Chief Minister D Ok Shivakumar later condemned Patil’s remarks and stated that he and the chief minister will take up the matter with Patil.
“No matter BR Patil stated just isn’t a lie. It’s the reality,” Kage stated on Monday, including that he confronted the identical state of affairs in his constituency. The remarks come at a time when the Congress authorities has been cornered over corruption allegations in reference to the Valmiki company and the allocation of websites by the Mysuru City Improvement Authority (MUDA).
Responding to the remarks, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated he would discuss to Kage about his considerations. To a query on the particular grant not being launched, the chief minister stated, “Is there something known as CM’s particular fund within the funds? No matter grants we give are known as particular grants. There’s nothing known as CM’s grant.”
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Karnataka BJP, in the meantime, took to X to focus on {that a} ruling celebration legislator has threatened to resign by saying that the Congress authorities was not releasing grants for the event of his constituency. “The largest problem for the Siddaramaiah authorities now could be to quell the anger of its personal celebration MLAs,” the BJP stated, accusing the federal government of failing to offer justice to its legislators.
Kage, a five-time MLA, had joined the Congress after leaving the BJP in 2019. Having gained his first election on a Janata Dal (United) ticket in 2000, he was subsequently elected as a BJP legislator thrice – in 2004, 2008 and 2013. He gained on a Congress ticket in 2023.