BS Yediyurappa’s decision to give special grants to MLAs for road works reportedly angered KS Eshwarappa
BENGALURU: The management of a major rural infrastructure scheme, Grameena Sumarga, appears to be the trigger for the rift between BS Yediyurappa and KS Eshwarappa, who has protested the chief minister’s functioning style in a letter to the governor.
The Eshwarappa camp alleges that Yediyurappa has been directly providing special grants to MLAs for road works in their constituencies instead of making these allocations under the scheme and channelling the funds through the rural development and panchayat raj (RDPR) department. With MLAs unilaterally undertaking road works in their areas, Eshwarappa, the RDPR minister, has no say in which stretches should be developed first.
File photo of B S Yediyurappa and K S Eshwarappa
BENGALURU: The management of a major road development scheme in rural Karnataka appears to be the trigger for the rift between B S Yediyurappa and K S Eshwarappa, who has protested the chief minister’s functioning style in a letter to the governor.
Yediyurappa has been directly allocating special grants to MLAs under the ‘CM Grameena Sumarga’ scheme, which seeks to build or improve 20,000km of village roads over five years. This has reportedly left Eshwarappa, the rural development and panchayat raj (RDPR) minister, with no role to play in the project as MLAs are unilaterally taking up road works in their constituencies.