Siddaramaiah govt sets whopping Rs 10 crore to gather intelligence information pertaining to 2018 polls in budget

Stoking up a fresh controversy ahead of the polls and whipping up curiosity, the Siddaramaiah government has set aside a whopping Rs 10 crore to gather intelligence information pertaining to the polls 2018 in its budget. The Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who also holds the finance portfolio, tabled the supplementary budget with an estimate of Rs 5,351.49 crore. Among several other provisions, the supplementary budget has allocation of funds to the tune of Rs 10 crore for the home department to collect secret information about the upcoming polls...