'Karnataka is not corrupt, study is faulty,' says Congress minister

The social welfare minister of Karnataka refuses to accept a study that has deemed Karnataka the most corrupt state in the country. H Anjaneya insisted that the study was faulty and lacked authenticity. He added that Karnataka would rank number 1 if a survey on development were conducted.

The Centre for Media Studies in its survey had dubbed Karnataka as the 'Most Corrupt State in the Country', but the minister insisted that the survey was not trustworthy. "The CMS survey is based on faulty methodologies. Karnataka is not the most corrupt State in the country," H Anjaneya said. "Karnataka will rank number one in the country if the survey was conducted in the developmental parameters'', he added.

The minister even claimed that unlike during the BJP government, no minister of the current government faced a chargesheet or went to jail for corruption. He even defended the government and said that it had voluntarily set up the anti-corruption bureau, for eliminating corruption. The minister, however, conveniently forgot that his own government made the Lokayukta in the state a toothless institution.

In a countrywide survey on corruption, CMS found Karnataka the most corrupt out of 20 states. The study claimed that people in Karnataka at least 77 percent respondents, faced corruption in accessing public services.

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