Gruha Lakshmi: BJP demands SIT probe into payment of ₹225 crore to accounts of dead persons (opens original article in a new tab)

Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka demanded a SIT probe into ₹225 crore irregularities in Gruha Lakshmi scheme, alleging payments to dead beneficiaries and secret water releases to Tamil Nadu, while announcing further protests against the Bidadi Township Project.

• Leader of the Opposition R. Ashok demanded a SIT to investigate ₹225 crore irregularities in Gruha Lakshmi scheme
• 2.11 lakh beneficiaries under Gruha Lakshmi scheme are dead and 77,000 others' details not traced
• Congress government accused of secretly releasing KRS water to Tamil Nadu despite drought conditions
• BJP plans second phase of struggle against Bidadi Township Project