BENGALURU: Posters with the name ‘PayCM’, featuring Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s photograph, surfaced in different parts of the city on Wednesday. The posters have a QR code with CM Bommai’s photo in the middle with the message “40 per cent accepted here”.
The posters are believed to be pasted by the Congress party targeting the BJP government in the state with corruption allegations.
The QR code will take people to the ’40 per cent Commission Government’ website recently launched by Congress to file complaints against the chief minister.
This comes at a time when the Congress has been running an aggressive campaign against the Bommai government accusing it of corruption in recruitments and awarding public contracts.
Last month, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had said that charges of taking 40 per cent commission for clearing bills are politically motivated. “Charges must be specific and accompanied with evidence. Without this, only baseless press statements are made,” he had said.
His remarks came after Opposition leader Siddaramaiah’s demand in the Assembly for an inquiry into charges of taking 40 per cent commission.
Bommai suggested approaching the Lokayukta for probing such cases. “Recently, as per directions of the Karnataka High Court, the powers of the Anti-corruption Bureau had been given to Lokayukta. Everyone has the power to lodge complaints against anybody with that institution. But only politically motivated statements are being issued,” he said.
He also highlighted that there was total transparency in clearing bills. “Total transparency and seniority are strictly observed in clearing pending bills. There are a number of contractors’ associations and strict instruction is given to not giving more than 5 per cent of a contract to any association. The bills of small contractors have been cleared. The government has brought in transparency and seniority while cleaning the bills. Despite doing all these things, still they are levelling charges,” he said. (ANI)