In a significant embarrassment to the Congress-ruled Karnataka authorities, Basavaraj Rayareddi, the financial advisor to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, has stated that the state was “primary” in corruption.
“Regardless of who’s in energy, corruption is widespread. In corruption, Karnataka is primary,” the Yelburga MLA stated, talking at an interplay organised by the Regional Imbalance Redressal Committee in Koppal on Tuesday.
Rayareddi blamed corruption for the substandard work carried out in varied initiatives. “Previously, authorities buildings that used to final for 5 to 6 a long time are actually collapsing in simply 10 years,” he stated, contending that corruption was extra rampant within the Kalyana Karnataka area than in different components of the state.
On the assembly, Rayareddi requested how regional imbalance may very well be addressed when there was large-scale corruption. “Officers behave in the identical method as elected representatives,” he stated, including that his views on corruption is not going to change no matter what the chief minister stated.
Following studies of those remarks by Rayareddi, state BJP president B Y Vijayendra took a dig on the state authorities, alleging that “corruption and looting” have been an integral a part of the Congress authorities. He stated that Rayareddi’s feedback have uncovered the darkish face of the federal government and diminished the dignity of the state. “This has lowered the standing of Karnataka on the worldwide stage,” he stated.