Hyderabad, March 6 -- Three months ahead of the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections, the BJP-led state government spent over Rs 33 crore on two public events attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to documents obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

The records detail spending on event arrangements, infrastructure and transportation of attendees.

According to a report by the Deccan Herald, the documents were accessed by Manjunath Hirechowti of the anti-corruption organisation Lanchamukta Karnataka after a nearly three-year effort to obtain the information through RTI.

One of the events was the inauguration of the Shivamogga airport on February 27, 2023. The total expenditure for the programme stood at Rs 18.81 cro...