The H.N. Nagamohan Das Commission that is probing the allegation of ‘40% commission in public works during the BJP rule’ on Tuesday received documents from the Karnataka State Contractors’ Association, which had earlier levelled corruption charges, pertaining to certain works undertaken during the BJP government’s tenure.
The set of documents running to about 600 pages is among the first to be handed over by the association, which, in 2022, alleged that 40% commission was being sought in the execution of public works. According to association president D. Kempanna, who led a delegation of contractors to meet Mr. Das on Tuesday, the association sought 10 days’ time to submit more documents. Wednesday is the last date set by the commission to submit documents pertaining to the alleged corruption. It is learnt that the association was asked to provide more documents if they had, and also supporting documents for those that were submitted on Tuesday that could help the commission in probing the graft charge.
The 40% commission allegation by the association, which also wrote about the issue to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had put then Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in an embarrassing position, and the Congress utilised the allegation to run the ‘PayCM’ campaign to attack the BJP government. It also became a big issue ahead of the elections to the State legislature.
