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19k Gruha Lakshmi beneficiaries had same bank account: R Ashoka

The Leader of the Opposition has alleged that over Rs 100 crore under the scheme was disbursed.

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Ashoka claimed more than 10.06 lakh beneficiary records showed frequent changes in bank account details (ANI)

Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, R Ashoka alleged that over Rs 100 crore disbursed under the Congress government’s flagship Gruha Lakshmi scheme had been given to tens of thousands of beneficiaries with common bank addresses, or in transactions where the bank address was not disclosed. Under the scheme, the government provides Rs 2,000 in monthly assistance to the woman head of every family.

In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka cited a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report, and alleged that 19,020 beneficiaries were linked to common bank account numbers, through which Rs 60.69 crore was disbursed across more than 3.03 lakh transactions.

Another Rs 46.52 crore was reportedly disbursed through 23,262 transactions in which bank account numbers were completely missing from the database, he alleged.

“No records, no data, yet tens of crores are flying out of the exchequer. How can money be transferred to non-existent or unrecorded bank accounts without high-level government connivance?” he asked.

More than 10.06 lakh beneficiary records showed multiple and frequent changes in bank account details, he claimed, adding that this was nothing but a “calculated cover-up and a playground for middlemen.”

"Institutionalised Corruption"

Ashoka added that these alleged irregularities were not mismanagement, but “institutionalised corruption”.

“Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, come down to Karnataka and look at your so-called guarantee model,” Ashoka alleged. “The truth is officially out. Your flagship guarantee scheme isn’t empowering poor women; it has become a systematic mechanism for institutionalised corruption. This isn’t welfare; it is organised loot and legalised plunder of honest taxpayers’ hard-earned money to fund the Congress party’s high command.”