BJP's Ashoka Demands White Paper on Karnataka Guarantee Schemes

In a place called Karnataka in India, the state leader gave a big speech on a special public holiday.

In the speech, he talked about programs that help people, like giving women money every month and giving them free bus rides.

A politician named Mr. Ashoka listened carefully and noticed the numbers did not match.

Official government papers said one thing, but the speech said something different.

For the money program, the speech said more families were getting help than the official papers showed.

For the bus program, the speech said less money was spent than the official papers showed.

Mr. Ashoka thinks someone may have made a mistake or is not telling the whole truth.

He has asked the government to show all its records so people can check the numbers for themselves.

He also wants to know who received the extra money.

The government has not answered these questions in this story yet.