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PubliCity: Bengaluru's disqualified MLAs’ claim of lack of funds exposed?

The claims of city MLAs who were disqualified for not cooperating with the coalition government for lack of funds stand exposed as BJP leader NR Ramesh has furnished documents saying that in the last five years, Yeshwanthpur, RR Nagar, KR Puram and Mahalakshmipuram received over 5,000 crores as funds. Congress says the MLAs lied and used this claim to defame the previous government.

Four disqualified city MLAs ST Somashekhar, Muniratna Naidu, Byrathi Basavaraj and K Gopalaiah had claimed that the government did not cooperate and their assembly segments were facing a shortage of funds and had even resigned. Now, they have been exposed as negating documents have been produced by NR Ramesh, a BJP leader. He says each MLA has received over Rs 1000 crore as funds for constituency development.