Karnataka - Shimoga   

Congress alleges protocol violation in inauguration of houses for poor

Shimoga: Ramesh Hegde, spokesperson of the District Congress Committee, has alleged violation of protocol in a programme organised in the city recently by the Karnataka State Slum Clearance Board to distribute 103 houses built at Indira Extension among the beneficiaries.

As the houses were built under the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme, a Union Government-sponsored scheme, it was mandatory to invite Union Housing Minister for the programme.

The Karnataka State Slum Clearance Board has committed a faux pas by not inviting Union Housing Minister for the programme, Mr. Hegde said in a press release. The Centre had contributed 80 per cent of the funds for the scheme. Unfortunately, the name of Union Housing Minister did not figure in the list of invitees which reflected the moral bankruptcy of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Government in the State.

False claim

The BJP tried to take the mileage by falsely claiming credit for implementing the Union Government-sponsored schemes and the name of Union Housing Minister was left out deliberately, he said.

According to guidelines, the backward classes, people with disabilities and other weaker sections should pay only 10 per cent of the contribution from beneficiaries under the programme

He said the Minister for Housing should apologise for violation of protocol, and return the additional amount collected from the beneficiaries under IHSDP scheme.

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