R. Ashok Accuses Karnataka Government of Massive Gruha Lakshmi Fraud

Ashok claims the irregularities persist despite the existence of Guarantee Implementation Committees tasked with monitoring the welfare program at state, district, and taluk levels. He argues that these bodies function as bureaucratic shells that failed to prevent payments to ineligible recipients, even as the government finances their offices, vehicles, and allowances. The opposition leader specifically challenged Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to explain the scale of the financial leakage and identify those responsible for maintaining the compromised beneficiary database.

Demanding immediate accountability, the BJP leader called for the dissolution of all non-performing committees and a full audit of their expenditures. He insisted that the ongoing financial drain is not a mere technical glitch but a systematic failure of governance. Ashok’s party is now pushing for a comprehensive, independent investigation to recover misallocated public funds and ensure that welfare schemes are no longer used as vehicles for political patronage.