SIT to probe 40% commission allegation against BJP: Karnataka minister HK Patil

TOI News Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Apr 11, 2025, 17:24 IST

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The Karnataka government will form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the 40% commission allegations against the previous BJP administration. This decision follows a report by the Nagamohan Das commission, which endorsed claims of irregularities.

SIT to probe 40% commission allegation against BJP: Karnataka minister HK Patil

Committee probing allegation of 40 pc commission by previous Karnataka govt submits report to CM Siddaramaiah (File image)

NEW DELHI: Karnataka minister HK Patil on Friday announced that the Congress-led state government has decided to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the 40 per cent commission allegation against the previous Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) administration.
"The SIT will complete the investigation in two months and submit the report to the government. The report will then be taken up in a cabinet meeting. The SIT will include experts from the field," Patil, Karnataka's law and parliamentary affairs minister, told reporters, according to news agency PTI.
Patil further stated that the report of the one-member inquiry commission of former Karnataka high court judge Nagamohan Das "endorses the allegations of irregularities."
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He said, "Out of three lakh works, the Nagamohan Das report took a sample of only 1,729 works and conducted inquiry. The SIT will look into the whole gamut and not just 1,729 samples taken by justice Das."
Further, the minister claimed the money released was more than the sanctioned amount, no objection certificate was issued out of turn, and there were meddling with the tender process.
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The Karnataka government constituted the Nagamohan Das commission in November 2024.
The '40 per cent commission' case
The Karnataka State Contractors Association raised corruption allegations in 2021 when BJP's Basavaraj Bommai was the chief minister. In 2022, it wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing several BJP ministers and MLAs of demanding 40 per cent kickbacks to secure tenders and payment for work done.
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The Congress successfully used the issue as a campaign weapon to secure victory in the 2023 assembly elections. Siddaramaiah, who succeeded Bommai as chief minister, then set up Nagamohan Das probe commission.

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