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LoP Slams Govt for Diverting SCSP/TSP Funds
The New Indian Express Bengaluru
|March 14, 2025
Ashoka Says Funds Being Utilized for Guarantees
Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R Ashoka on Thursday alleged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah diverted SCSP/TSP grants meant for the welfare of the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) to implement the guarantee schemes and other projects.
Citing the 2024-25 Action Taken Report (ATR), Ashoka said 80% of the development projects announced by the CM did not take off.
This story is from the March 14, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Bengaluru.
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