Travel costs of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his Council of Ministers has cost the State exchequer Rs. 33.51 crore since he took charge 32 months ago, according to a disclosure under the RTI Act.
RTI activist Bheemappa Gundappa Gadad of Belagavi, who obtained the travel details under the Act, said that air travel charges of the Chief Minister alone amounted to Rs. 20,11,34,971, from May 13, 2013 to January 31, 2016. Among the members of the Cabinet, the heaviest bill was by Minister for Large- and Medium-Scale Industries R.V. Deshpande at Rs. 45.04 lakh and lowest of Rs. 2.26 lakh was of Horticulture Minister Shamanur Shivashankarappa.
