Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused the BJP government in Karnataka of looting ₹1.5 lakh crore from the State and called upon people of the State to vote out the ‘corrupt’ government in the Assembly elections on May 10.
Addressing a public meeting at T. Narsipura in Mysuru district, Ms Gandhi brought up the allegations of the BJP government demanding ‘40% commission’ from contractors, and accused the regime of ‘shamelessly’ and ‘insensitively’ looting the State.
“Do you know what could have been done with ₹1.5 lakh crore,” she asked the gathering before claiming, “The money could be used to build 100 AIIMS (All India Institute Medical Sciences) hospitals, 2,250 km of six-lane expressway, 30,000 smart classrooms, 750 km of metro train lines, or 30 lakh affordable houses for the poor,” she said.
