Mutts Too Pay 30% Commission Due to Rampant Corruption in Karnataka: https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/mutts-too-pay-30-commission-due-to-rampant-corruption-in-karnataka-lingayat-seer/amp Lingayat Seer Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai said that his government takes Dingaleshwar Swamiji's allegations "very seriously."
“If a grant is sanctioned for a swami (seer), it reaches the mutt after 30% deduction. This is the plain truth. Officials clearly tell you that unless the amount is deducted, your project will not start,” Dingaleshwar Swamiji of Balehosur Mutt in Shirahatti taluk of Gadag said during a rally organised in Badagandi village in Bagalkote district.
(Instead of ordering an inquiry or promising a new system, where the records the reason for delay in starting work, (ed) the CM says.. "I only request His Holiness to give the entire details as to who paid, for what purpose it was paid and whom it was paid to."