00:00In yet another political flashpoint in Karnataka, BJP has accused the Sidramaya government of handing over civic amenity sites to
00:07the Congress at discounted rates, calling it a misuse of public land.
00:12Congress has strongly denied the allegations encountered with charges of its own.
00:17Here's more.
00:20Karnataka Congress is again in the spotlight over corruption allegations.
00:25The BJP has accused the Sidramaya government of leasing or allotting civic amenity sites in several towns for Congress Party
00:33offices.
00:34According to the BJP, 24 sites were given to the Congress at discounted rates, turning government land into party assets.
00:43This Congress Party offices is not the civic amenity sites cannot be given to them.
00:55It is a political activities which taken place here.
00:58The Congress, however, denied the charges, saying the land is used solely for party offices and not for personal gain.
01:05The party also claimed that over 150 acres were allotted to BJP and RSS between 2019 and 2023.
01:15I am just taking 5,000, 10,000, 3,000 square feet.
01:20In Pandora City, I think at the time of BJP, they have taken more than 100 places in the name
01:28of trusts for the various institutions.
01:42The land allocation by government to favoured few is nothing new.
01:48Political parties indulge in land loot on coming to power.
01:52The Congress in Karnataka is set to face more heat as further details emerge.
01:57With Sagai Raj in Bengaluru, Bureau Report, India Today.
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