Not a partner or stakeholder in IMA group of companies: Roshan Baig
Bengaluru: Bengaluru’s Shivajinagar Assembly Constituency MLA, R Roshan Baig on Monday issued a notice rubbishing the reports of his involvement/partnership in the Ponzi scheme company IMA which became defunct with the money of thousands of investors.
In a audio clip that is alleged to be of the chairman of the IMA group of companies is heard saying he is going to commit suicide as he was fed up with corruption.
However, no information about IMA owner Muhammad Mansoor Khan is ascertained so far. The IMA Jewelry Shops in Shivajinagar and Jayanagar, and offices of IMA Group Institutions have remained closed.
In the video clip he is also heard accusing a local MLA of Shivajinagar constituency of taking Rs. 400 crore from him and not returning it, which led to problems of the operations of the company forcing it to close down. He also accused the MLA of using rowdy element to threaten his family when they sought the money back.
Roshan Baig, the local MLA of Shivajinagar issued a notice through his official twitter handle on Monday and denied reports of his links with the company.
He added “I categorically state that I’m neither a stakeholder/partner of this company in any way or form. My association with IMA group is as a legislator and strictly on the basis of social work that was carried out in my assembly constituency of particularly the V.K Obaidullah School in Shivajinagar which accommodates several thousand students from my constituency. There are several contractors and private companies who participate in developmental works of my constituency and not in any way am O a part of any of those companies”.
He further requested people to not pay attention to the rumors being carried on social media against him while also warning that legal action will be initiated against those found guilty of circulating such messages and materials on social media.
“I profoundly request people and my constituents to not pay attention to fake forwards and to discard any such false information doing rounds. Let it be known that I’ve initiated necessary steps before the appropriate authorities to initiate legal action against such miscreants. All those involved in spreading such false information will be taken to task by appropriate authorities” the notice stated.
Issuing notice on the ongoing IMA issue. pic.twitter.com/GFMzDwWuLC
— Roshan Baig (@rroshanbaig) June 10, 2019
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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.
