<p> Leader of the Opposition Jagadish Shettar said there was rampant corruption and maladministration in the state. <br /><br />Be it Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, revenue department or the forest department, corruption and nepotism are high, Shettar said. He said that the Karnataka High Court, which was hearing a government employee’s transfer case recently, had also observed that there seemed to be no administration in Karnataka. <br /><br />He was participating in a discussion on the demands for grants by various departments in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.<br /><br />Referring to the manner in which the BBMP was functioning, he said on May 20, Shanthkumar, while operating an earthmover to clean a stormwater drain, was washed away. The body has not been traced so far. His wife Saraswathi, 24, was awarded a compensation of Rs 10 lakh. But she was asked to produce the body of her husband to claim the compensation, he said. <br /><br />Shettar said, later the Palike told Saraswathi that if she wanted money immediately, then she should come with the area MLA to get compensation of Rs 1 lakh. <br /><br />He said there was favouritism in allocation of Ashraya houses for the poor and added that ineligible people were getting houses. He produced a letter written by one Hosamani, who said he was denied an Ashraya house by a gram panchayat in Kundagol. <br /><br />“The aggrieved person says he is poor. But in the beneficiaries’ list of the government, even a KSRTC employee has been given a house. A lot of manipulation happens while entering data into the computer. Hold an enquiry into this csae,” he said.<br /><br /></p>
<p> Leader of the Opposition Jagadish Shettar said there was rampant corruption and maladministration in the state. <br /><br />Be it Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, revenue department or the forest department, corruption and nepotism are high, Shettar said. He said that the Karnataka High Court, which was hearing a government employee’s transfer case recently, had also observed that there seemed to be no administration in Karnataka. <br /><br />He was participating in a discussion on the demands for grants by various departments in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.<br /><br />Referring to the manner in which the BBMP was functioning, he said on May 20, Shanthkumar, while operating an earthmover to clean a stormwater drain, was washed away. The body has not been traced so far. His wife Saraswathi, 24, was awarded a compensation of Rs 10 lakh. But she was asked to produce the body of her husband to claim the compensation, he said. <br /><br />Shettar said, later the Palike told Saraswathi that if she wanted money immediately, then she should come with the area MLA to get compensation of Rs 1 lakh. <br /><br />He said there was favouritism in allocation of Ashraya houses for the poor and added that ineligible people were getting houses. He produced a letter written by one Hosamani, who said he was denied an Ashraya house by a gram panchayat in Kundagol. <br /><br />“The aggrieved person says he is poor. But in the beneficiaries’ list of the government, even a KSRTC employee has been given a house. A lot of manipulation happens while entering data into the computer. Hold an enquiry into this csae,” he said.<br /><br /></p>
