The Chief Minister, Mr Siddaramaiah mentioned, ought to nail such a board in entrance of his home first.
Bengaluru:
Congress’s Siddaramaiah at the moment 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 means that every one authorities officers grasp a board of their rooms to vouch for his or her honesty. Â
The textual content on the board, steered 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 mentioned in a collection of tweets, ought to nail such a board in entrance of his home first.
“As per the experiences, 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 considered one of his tweets.
The federal government, he mentioned, mustn’t shift the blame on bureaucrats and officers for the reason that “contractors have pointed in direction of the ministers & not the officers”.
Do not attempt to shift the blame on the bureaucrats & officers. The contractors have pointed in 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 an alternative of placing up anti-graft boards in entrance of the government workplaces, make it obligatory 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 social gathering 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 crew.
On a defiant word, Mr Siddaramaiah had mentioned there will probably be no let-up within the marketing campaign. “The marketing campaign will proceed throughout the state,” he advised reporters. Â
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. Â
The marketing campaign began after the state’s contractors’ physique had alleged that they needed to pay 40 per cent of the venture value as bribes to safe contracts. Â
Calling the marketing campaign an “evil design” Chief Minister Bommai had mentioned, “They’ve given no proof”.
“It’s all politically motivated. I’ve challenged them to supply proof. Throughout their (Congress) tenure, there have been many scams that needs to be seemed into,” he was quoted as saying by information company ANI.
