Congress MP from Karnataka D.K. Suresh Kumar’s controversial remark that the Southern states would be compelled to demand for a “separate nationhood” if the Centre continued to “neglect” them has drawn strong criticism from the ruling BJP both inside and outside of the Parliament.
A Karnataka Congress leader, shortly after the presentation of the interim budget today, accused the Centre of depriving south India of its share of developmental funds and using it to buttress north India.
D.K. Suresh Kumar, Congress MP from Karnataka, Thursday Feb 01, 2024 said South India will have to have a ‘separate country’ if the trend to deny its due share in the budgetary allocations persisted.