The State government has set up a five-member committee to inquire into the alleged misuse of funds released to the Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board (KKRDB) and submit a report within 15 days.
The investigation has been ordered by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah after Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge sought an inquiry into the issue. The Government Order on Thursday pointed out that there had been complaints of misuse of funds in the last two or three years in the expenditure of ₹3,000 crore released to the KKRDB.
Over the last couple of years, Congress legislators from the Kalyana Karnataka region have been accusing that the money released for infrastructure development had been misused and also diverted. Mr. Kharge had written several letters in this regard.