TA/DA scam
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TA/DA scam (Travel And Dearness Allowance) is a corruption scandal during the Siddaramaiah administration in Karnataka state in India. The scam was exposed by BBMP commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad that found eight Member of Legislative Council (MLC) of Karnataka Legislative Council claiming allowances by submitting fake bills.{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/010917/mlcs-ta-and-da-scam-poll-panel-washes-its-hands-off.html |title=MLCs' TA and DA scam: Poll panel washes its hands off? |publisher=Deccanchronicle.com |date= September 2017|access-date=2017-09-04}}
R. B. Thimmapur, one of the accused,{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/bjp-seeks-governors-intervention/article19605958.ece |title=BJP seeks Governor's intervention - KARNATAKA |work=The Hindu |date=2015-10-10 |accessdate=2017-09-04}}{{cite web|author=The Pioneer |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/siddaramaiah-expands-his-cabinet-inducts-3.html |title=Siddaramaiah expands his Cabinet, inducts 3 |publisher=Dailypioneer.com |date= |accessdate=2017-09-04}} was later made the excise minister.{{Cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/020917/siddaramaiah-gets-rb-thimmapur-in-bjp-livid.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902062711/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/020917/siddaramaiah-gets-rb-thimmapur-in-bjp-livid.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 September 2017|title=Siddaramaiah gets RB Thimmapur in, BJP livid|date=2 September 2017}} in the Siddaramaiah cabinet
The scam is said to have cost the state exchequer a total of 37 lakh rupees. Other MLCs accused in the scam are C. R. Manohar, S. Ravi, N. Appaji Gowda, Allum Veerabhadrappa, G. Raghu Achar, N. S. Boseraju and M. D. Lakshminarayana.{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/630516/congress-jds-mlcs-faked-info.html |title=Congress, JD(S) MLCs faked info to vote in mayoral poll: probe |publisher=Deccanherald.com |date=2017-08-30 |accessdate=2017-09-04}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/8-karnataka-mlcs-falsified-residential-addresses-vote-mayoral-election-says-bbmp-report |title=8 Karnataka MLCs falsified residential addresses to vote for mayoral election, says BBMP report |publisher=The News Minute |date= 30 August 2017|accessdate=2017-09-04}}