The TOI in a story related to the RTI reply sought by activist Bhimappa Gadad, textile minister Baburao Chinchansur had each dinner of minimum Rs 5,200. His total dinner expenditure of 10 days is Rs 52,638 followed by law minister T B Jayachandra- Rs 41,625, forest minister Ramanath Rai- Rs 31,888, social welfare minister H Anjaneya- Rs 30,564 and municipal administration minister Qamar-Ul-Uslam- Rs 31,311. Credit of lowest dinner expenditure goes to food and civil supply minister Dinesh Gundu Roa who spent just Rs 908. Ministers like Krishna Baire Gowda, Shivraj Tangadagi, SR Patil, PT Parameshwar Naik have spent more than Rs 20,000.
The state govt had claimed that it had reduced the expenditure for the session held from 9-21st December 2014.