1. 40% commission culture continuing under Congress regime too: D. Kempanna
Karnataka State Contractors’ Association President D. Kempanna has alleged that 40% commission practice is continuing even in the Congress government due to which contractors are suffering. Unlike during the BJP regime, when MLAs were asking the money, officials themselves were collecting the cash now, he alleged.
However, he refused to name the officials as at least five officers have filed defamation cases against him for making allegations. When BJP government was in power, Mr. Kempanna had alleged that in several departments, contractors had to pay 40% kickback to bag tenders and to get bills cleared. The Congress had then picked up the issue as a major poll plank.
