Last minute ditch: Cong candidates get IT shock
Bengaluru, May 11: As a last minute ditch to the Congress, IT sleuths have conducted raids on the houses and offices of Congress candidates including Bidar south constituency candidate Ashok Kheni, Karwar constituency candidate Sathish Shail, Dharwad Constituency candidate Vinay Kulkarni and others on Friday.
On tip-off, the IT sleuths have conducted raids in Bidar, Karwar, Dharwad and other places on the houses of the candidates and their relatives on Friday morning and verified the documents, it is said.
The IT officials verified the documents at the house of Ashok Kheni at Rampura in Bidar. But they have returned without finding any documents related to property and money.
The IT officials also raided the houses of Sathish Shail and Vinay Kulkarni houses and offices at Karwar and Dharwad and verifying the documents. The IT raids on the houses of candidates and their relatives have been continued in the state for the last one week and it is said that the raids were being conducted on clear information that money is being distributed in the election. This has caused allegations and counter allegations between political parties.
“BJP leaders have been trying to diminish the self confidence of Congress leaders through IT raids. But, it was Congress ancestors who fought against British to get freedom. So, the BJP cannot diminish our confidence through such acts. It is sure that Congress will come to power again”, KPCC working president SR Patil.
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Centre spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print media ads for RSS centenary, reveals RTI
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Culture allegedly spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print advertisements marking the 100-year celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), according to a Right to Information (RTI) reply.
The information was sought by RTI activist Ajay Basudev Bose, who filed an application seeking details on expenditure incurred by the ministry for advertisements commemorating the RSS centenary.
Bose shared a picture of the reply from the ministry on his official ‘X’ handle.
“It is informed that an amount of Rs 76,13,129 has been spent on advertisement given in various print media by the Ministry of Culture on the occasion of the completion of 100 years of RSS,” the government’s reply stated.
RTI reply shows Min of Culture Govt of India spent a Whopping Rs 76L,13K,129 on Advertisement in Print Media on occasion of 100 yrs of #RSS
— AJAY Basudev Bose (@AjayBos93388306) April 16, 2026
When Everyone knows RSS is Not Registered & Does not Pay any Tax is it justified to spend Tax Payers Money on such Private event??@RSSorg… pic.twitter.com/dW4IUtdNCg
Bose questioned the expenditure in the post X, “when Everyone knows RSS is Not Registered & Does not Pay any Tax is it justified to spend Tax Payers Money on such Private event??”
Reacting to the development, Karnataka’s IT-BT and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge also criticised the spending.
In a post on X, he asked why public money was being used for what he described as a “private ideological project.”
"Modi Sarkar spent Rs 76,13,129 of public money on newspaper advertisements to celebrate 100 years of the RSS. Why is Government spending taxpayers money on an unregistered, non-tax-paying organisation to celebrate their centenary?," he added.
Why is public money being used to serve a private ideological project?
— Priyank Kharge / ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ (@PriyankKharge) April 16, 2026
Modi Sarkar spent ₹76,13,129 of public money on newspaper advertisements to celebrate 100 years of the RSS.
Why is Government spending taxpayers money on an unregistered, non-tax-paying organisation to… pic.twitter.com/EoZ6Pim3IM
According to reports, the RSS describes itself as a volunteer-based organisation and has stated that it functions as a body of individuals rather than a registered entity.
Founded by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in 1925, the organisation is marking its centenary year beginning from Vijaydashami in 2025, with the milestone observed on October 2.
