The anti-corruption wing of the Karnataka Lokayukta recently raided the premises of BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa’s son in Bengaluru and recovered Rs 8 crore in cash. Now the politics of Karnataka has heated up on this issue. Congress plans to corner the government on the issue of alleged corruption and today Karnataka Congress is protesting in Bengaluru. The police have detained several leaders including Congress leader and former CM Siddaramaiah.

Former CM and Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah said that the Chief Minister is lying that his government is corruption free. “We have never supported terrorism. Why would Congress support terrorism? Amit Shah is also a big liar,” Siddaramaiah said that we will discuss the issue of protests against the government today.

The accused son is an officer of administrative service

Madal Virupakshappa’s son Prashant Kumar, who was caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Wing while accepting a bribe of Rs 40 lakh, is a Karnataka Administrative Services officer and is currently posted as Chief Accountant in the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board.

In the raid of the Anti-Corruption Wing, about two crore rupees have been recovered from the office of KSDL and in the raid from the house of Prashant, about six crore rupees have been recovered. Investigation revealed that this bribe was given for awarding the contract for supply of raw material and the matter was settled for Rs 80 lakh, out of which Rs 40 lakh was given as the first instalment.

Moreover, Assembly elections are due in Karnataka later this year. In such a situation, the opposition Congress is preparing to raise this issue vigorously. The Congress has earlier also accused the Basavaraj Bommai government of embezzlement. On the other hand, the BJP government says that the Lokayukta has been re-implemented in Karnataka only to curb corruption. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said strict action would be taken against the guilty.

Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi on Thursday. As per the reports, the 76-year-old was admitted due to bronchitis, and her condition is currently stable.

The hospital has released a statement sharing the health update of the UPA chairperson.

Dr DS Rana, Chairman of the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, said Smt Sonia Gandhi, chairperson of the UPA, has been admitted to the hospital under the supervision of Arup Basu, Senior Consultant of the Department of Chest Medicine, and his team on March 2, 2023, on account of fever. She is under observation and is undergoing investigations, he added.

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Gandhi has been admitted to the hospital for the second time this year. Earlier, she was admitted in January for the treatment of a viral respiratory infection.

Recently, the former Congress chief attended the party’s 85th Plenary Session in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur where she alluded to her retirement from politics and said she was happy that her innings could conclude with the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Sonia Gandhi took over as Congress president in 1998, when the party was in power in just three states (Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Mizoram). The party is currently in power in only two states (Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh).

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