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The Karnataka government has released ₹7.65 crore for workers of a guarantee implementation committee, despite claiming financial constraints in delivering promised guarantees. This move has sparked a political controversy, with the opposition BJP criticising the Congress for prioritising payments to their cadre over beneficiaries. D.K. Shivakumar has defended the government's decision, stating, 'Whatever we have committed we have kept in the budget and we will implement it.'