Karnataka’s Congress government faces criticism from BJP for allocating Rs 60 crore annually to over 4,000 Congress workers overseeing state guarantee schemes. Opposition parties accuse the government of using taxpayer money to benefit Congress workers without disclosing the actual budget size, leading to protests in the assembly.
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