TA/DA scam explained

TA/DA scam (Travel And Dearness Allowance) is a corruption scandal during the Siddaramaiah administration in Karnataka state in India. The scam was exposed by BBMP commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad that found eight Member of Legislative Council (MLC) of Karnataka Legislative Council claiming allowances by submitting fake bills.[1]

R. B. Thimmapur, one of the accused,[2] [3] was later made the excise minister.[4] in the Siddaramaiah cabinetThe scam is said to have cost the state exchequer a total of 37 lakh rupees. Other MLCs accused in the scam are C. R. Manohar, S. Ravi, N. Appaji Gowda, Allum Veerabhadrappa, G. Raghu Achar, N. S. Boseraju and M. D. Lakshminarayana.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: MLCs' TA and DA scam: Poll panel washes its hands off? . Deccanchronicle.com . September 2017. 2017-09-04.
  2. News: BJP seeks Governor's intervention - KARNATAKA . The Hindu . 2015-10-10 . 2017-09-04.
  3. Web site: The Pioneer . Siddaramaiah expands his Cabinet, inducts 3 . Dailypioneer.com . 2017-09-04.
  4. Web site: Siddaramaiah gets RB Thimmapur in, BJP livid. https://web.archive.org/web/20170902062711/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/020917/siddaramaiah-gets-rb-thimmapur-in-bjp-livid.html. dead. 2 September 2017. 2 September 2017.
  5. Web site: Congress, JD(S) MLCs faked info to vote in mayoral poll: probe . Deccanherald.com . 2017-08-30 . 2017-09-04.
  6. Web site: 8 Karnataka MLCs falsified residential addresses to vote for mayoral election, says BBMP report . The News Minute . 30 August 2017. 2017-09-04.

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