Bengaluru, Jun 11 (UNI) Strongly defending the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on Congress leaders across Karnataka, senior BJP leader and legislative council LoP Chalavadi Narayanaswamy on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the ruling party, accusing it of gross misuse of welfare funds meant for Dalits and students.
Narayanaswamy alleged that despite the Congress government’s claims of allocating ₹42,000 crore for Dalit welfare, “not even three paise” reached the intended beneficiaries. He said, “They speak of Dalit upliftment only in words. In practice, they misuse the funds for their own luxuries — houses, lands, cars — while SC/ST students struggle to pay college fees.”
Backing the ED action against Congress MLAs and MPs in Ballari and Bengaluru, Narayanaswamy said the raids were long overdue in light of alleged irregularities worth ₹187 crore in the Valmiki Development Corporation. He said there were serious allegations that scholarship money for students had been misappropriated and used for election expenses.