BENGALURU: After the recent resignation of ST Welfare Minister B Nagendra, following allegations of illegal transfer of funds to corporates, there are fresh allegations against the government. Speaking in Bengaluru on Sunday, Dasarahalli BJP MLA S Muniraju alleged that there is an “8 per cent DKS tax’’, a euphemism for a bribe imposed on essential infrastructure works. Although he had not made any serious comments about corruption per se, there had been murmurs about graft pertaining to this grant from BJP quarters. Asked about the ‘8 per cent DKS tax’, MP Shobha Karandlaje told The New Indian Express that she “would not like to comment about it’’. “But yes, the Congress government in the state is corrupt, and law and order has failed,’’ she said.

Source: Indian Express June 17, 2024 10:48 UTC