The Chief Minister, Mr Siddaramaiah stated, ought to nail such a board in entrance of his home first.
Bengaluru:
Congress’s Siddaramaiah immediately took the corruption allegations towards the state’s BJP authorities to the subsequent degree, slamming it over a proposed pledge to finish the alleged bribery tradition in authorities workplaces. The Basavaraj Bommai authorities has acquired a proposal from a residents’ group that implies that each one authorities officers cling a board of their rooms to vouch for his or her honesty.
The textual content on the board, recommended the Citizen Enquiry Council, ought to learn, “Nobody must pay me a bribe. I cannot be a corrupt officer”, the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister has written in a letter.
Chief Minister Bommai, Mr Siddaramaiah stated in a collection of tweets, ought to nail such a board in entrance of his home first.
“As per the studies, the @BJP4Karnataka govt will now ask each govt workplace to place the board which says, “Nobody must pay me a bribe. I cannot be a corrupt officer”. Mr @BSBommai, first put the board in entrance of your ministers’ & your own home,” learn one in every of his tweets.
The federal government, he stated, shouldn’t shift the blame on bureaucrats and officers because the “contractors have pointed in the direction of the ministers & not the officers”.
Do not attempt to shift the blame on the bureaucrats & officers. The contractors have pointed in the direction of the ministers & not the officers.
Provoke a judicial investigation on the 40% corruption allegation on the ministers, earlier than staging the drama of placing the anti-graft boards.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) September 26, 2022
Mr @BSBommai,
As a substitute of placing up anti-graft boards in entrance of the govt. workplaces, make it necessary to put in CCTVs within the workplaces. Take motion towards the corrupt officers instantly when there are complaints from the aggrieved residents.#40PercentSarkara
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) September 26, 2022
The previous Chief Minister had warned that the occasion will step up its anti-corruption marketing campaign towards the BJP after a number of Congress leaders have been detained final week in connection to the PayCM poster marketing campaign. The state police had additionally arrested BR Naidu, the previous chief of Karnataka Congress’ social media staff.
On a defiant notice, Mr Siddaramaiah had stated there might be no let-up within the marketing campaign. “The marketing campaign will proceed throughout the state,” he instructed reporters.
Posters resembling the design of e-wallet Paytm, and carrying the picture of Mr Bommai on the QR code with the message “40% accepted right here” had surfaced throughout Bengaluru final week.
The marketing campaign began after the state’s contractors’ physique had alleged that they needed to pay 40 per cent of the challenge value as bribes to safe contracts.
Calling the marketing campaign an “evil design” Chief Minister Bommai had stated, “They’ve given no proof”.
“It’s all politically motivated. I’ve challenged them to provide proof. Throughout their (Congress) tenure, there have been many scams that ought to be appeared into,” he was quoted as saying by information company ANI.
