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Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi with inaction on the letter sent to him by a contractors association accusing the BJP government in Karnataka of charging 40 per cent commission on public work.
Addressing a public meeting in Ballari as Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra completed 1,000 km, Siddaramaiah said the association president Kempanna wrote a letter to Modi a year ago stating that the BJP government has been demanding the commission.
Today which government is called 40 per cent commission government? It’s only the BJP government. It’s not me who is saying this but the Contractors’ Association president Kempanna who wrote a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the BJP government in Karnataka has been demanding 40 per cent commission on every project, Siddaramaiah said.
The Congress leader’s charge was a part of the party’s campaign against the alleged corruption. The party recently launched the PayCM campaign with a QR code showing the image of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. It is a copy of the digital payment platform ‘PayTM’.
It’s been one year since Kempanna wrote the letter but Narendra Modi did not take any action. Whenever we raise the issue he says, Na Khaunga, Na Khane Doonga (I will not eat and will not allow others to eat.
