Bengaluru: Radhakrishna Doddamani, a first-time Congress MP from Karnataka, has but to spend a single rupee from his MPLAD (Members of Parliament Native Space Growth) scheme funds since he was elected in 2024, authorities information exhibits.

An evaluation by ThePrint revealed that Radhakrishna, the MP from Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), is the one one amongst Karnataka’s 28 MPs who has but to allocate any cash or submit a proposal for any growth works from his MPLAD funds. Beneath the scheme, an MP can suggest works as much as Rs 5 crore a 12 months to the district collector for his/her constituency.

The delay in allocating funds, based on him, was as a result of he was awaiting funds in addition to a transparent plan to make sure most affect. He added that there have been calls for from varied quarters for allocation of funds, however he would prioritise authorities colleges in Kalaburagi district, 637 km from Bengaluru.

The Congress MP stated the delay was additionally as a result of commissioning of a complete survey to establish the colleges that wanted the funds probably the most.

“I requested our CEO to survey and make a listing of all the colleges in our district. Wherever it’s obligatory, it ought to attain the beneficiaries,” Radhakrishna informed ThePrint.

He stated that there have been colleges that had no bathrooms, and had dilapidated buildings and different issues that wanted to be mounted. “Every constituency…we’re planning to allot Rs 1 crore and the remaining Rs 2 crore wherever it’s obligatory.”

Compared, Radhakrishna’s predecessor, the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering’s Umesh Jadhav, had allotted Rs 11.30 crore out of Rs 14.22 crore over 5 years and advisable 215 works, of which 53 have been accomplished.

Based on the federal government information, a complete of Rs 8,748.68 crore has been allotted as a part of MPLAD funds. Of this, Rs 2,777.35 crore was spent for 1,02,733 works. Thus far, 19,719 of those have been accomplished.

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‘Calls for excessive, funds low’

Particulars accessed by ThePrint present that MPs from Karnataka have spent between Rs 37 lakh and Rs 4.64 crore from their MPLAD funds prior to now two years.

Congress MP Rajashekar Hitnal spent Rs 4.64 crore in Koppal within the Kalyana-Karnataka area in contrast with Rs 66.54 lakh by Sagar Khandre, one other first-time MP from Bidar.

Tejasvi Surya, the second-time MP from Bengaluru South, has thus far spent Rs 1.31 crore on 106 works, of which six are accomplished.

Equally, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi has spent Rs 1.16 crore on 112 works, of which 11 are accomplished. Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje, the MP from Bengaluru North, spent Rs 1.91 crore on 67 works, of which 5 are accomplished.

Radhakrishna, in distinction, is but to both suggest any works or approve any funds.

After his first-ever election defeat in 2019, Kharge conceded his house district of Kalaburagi to Umesh Jadhav of the BJP. A 12 months later, Kharge was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha. Two years later, in October 2022, he took workplace because the nationwide president of the Congress celebration.

In 2024, Kharge nominated his son-in-law to exchange him in Kalaburagi, from the place he had received 9 occasions within the Meeting elections and twice within the parliamentary elections since 2009.

Within the 2024 common elections, the Congress managed to win 9 seats out of the 28, whereas the BJP-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition bagged 16. Radhakrishna managed to wrest again management of Kalaburagi. However since then, he has maintained a quiet profile.

C.T. Ravi, BJP MLC and former nationwide common secretary of the celebration, stated that Radhakrishna has delivered “zero achievement” in Kalaburagi.

“Regardless of being an MP for the previous one-and-a-half years, Radhakrishna has not spent a single rupee from his MPLADS fund. Not one challenge has been initiated. And when nothing has even begun, the query of completion doesn’t come up in any respect…,” Ravi stated in a submit on X.

The Kalaburagi MP, Shri Radhakrishna, who additionally occurs to be the son-in-law of @INCIndia President @kharge, has delivered a grand “zero achievement” within the growth of Kalaburagi.

Regardless of being an MP for the previous one and a half years, Radhakrishna has not spent a single rupee… https://t.co/84BydwECA9

— Ravi C T 🇮🇳 ರವಿ ಸಿ ಟಿ (@CTRavi_BJP) January 14, 2026

He added that beneath the Kharge household, energy issues greater than growth, and the Kalyana-Karnataka area stays one of the backward within the nation.

Kumar Naik, a former IAS officer-turned-MP, stated demand for growth works throughout the parliamentary constituency was excessive, however there weren’t sufficient assets. “There are calls for for varsity auditoriums, Samudhaya Bhavans (neighborhood halls), and numerous such calls for that can’t be budgeted by the state authorities,” Naik stated.

He added that the calls for aren’t particular to any division and generally overlap, making it troublesome to get approvals.

Information exhibits that Naik has spent over Rs 87.02 lakh since he took workplace. He stated that it might be simpler to allocate funds from the MPLAD scheme since there are restricted assets.

“Many a time it’s too small an quantity to cater to all calls for, and it turns into a Herculean job to distribute this with rationale,” he added.

(Edited by Sugita Katyal)

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