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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah should look into allegations of 40 per cent commission being collected by BJP ministers, leaders and MLAs in Karnataka as alleged by the contractors’ association, said AICC general secretary and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala here on Monday.
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“The 40 per cent BJP government’ led by Basavaraj Bommai is corrupt and does not have the right to continue in power even for a single day. I heard that both Shah and Modi are coming to Karnataka. They should remove corrupt ministers and government. Otherwise, it proves that the 40 per cent commission reaches up to New Delhi and Nagpur,” he alleged.
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Attending a function where former minister MB Patil took charge as KPCC campaign committee chief at Bengaluru Palace Grounds, Surjewala hinted that Congress could make corruption in the government a poll plank ahead of the 2023 Assembly elections in Karnataka.
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“It was on July 6, 2021 that association president D Kempanna wrote to Modi saying contractors have to give 40 per cent commission to ministers, leaders and MLAs in the government. A BJP leader too has sent a note to Modi. Where have the investigative agencies, including ED and ACB, gone now,” he asked.
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KPCC president DK Shivakumar extended the party’s support to an agitation planned by contractors in April.