Another contractor commits suicide amid controversy over corruption in Karnataka

Another contractor has committed suicide in Tumakuru district of Karnataka, 70 km from the capital Bengaluru. The incident has revived allegations of corruption against the Basavaraj Bommai-led government ahead of the big elections next year. He was 50 years old. The contractor has been identified as TN Prasad. He had to work on a government scheme of Rs 16 crore under the Smart City Project. Let us tell you that in the month of April this year, KS Eshwarappa had to resign from the state cabinet due to the controversy after the suicide of a contractor.

Eshwarappa, the charges against whom have now been dropped but there was a police case in the case of the said contractor's suicide. It was alleged that he was solely responsible for the suicide of the contractor.

Significantly, the opposition party Congress is constantly accusing the current government of corruption with the 'PECM' campaign. The Congress has alleged that the Bommai-led government takes 40 per cent commission for doing public works. Here, the Chief Minister of Karnataka has dismissed the Congress campaign as an "evil design" and a "politically motivated act".In the present case, police sources say, the contractor was depressed due to the failure of the government to clear the dues, and pressure from the moneylenders forced him to take the extreme step of ending his life in an inspection bungalow, the same building as his own. was renovating.