Bengaluru, May 22 -- Nikhil Kumaraswamy on Friday alleged large-scale irregularities in the implementation of the Karnataka government's Gruha Lakshmi scheme and questioned the delay in the release of pending instalments to beneficiaries.

Addressing a press conference at J P Bhavan in Bengaluru, the JDS leader launched a sharp attack on Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, demanding answers over the alleged non-release of funds.

Speaking on the pending instalments, Nikhil Kumaraswamy said, "For 2024-25, instalments were paid for ten months. The amounts for February and March have not been released. That is nearly Rs 5,000 crore. A provision was shown in the budget. But the money has not been pa...