New Delhi: Claiming lack of any substantive takeaways for southern states from the interim Union Funds on Thursday, Congress MP from Bengaluru, DK Suresh mentioned a requirement for a “separate nation” will quickly be raised if the “injustice continues”.
Chatting with information company ANI on Thursday, after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the interim Funds forward of the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress chief alleged that the cash mopped up from the south by way of taxes have been being channeled to North Indian states.
“The Centre just isn’t giving southern states their correct and legit share of the GST and direct taxes. The states down South are dealing with grave injustice. The cash collected from the South (by way of taxes) is being given to North Indian states. If this continues, we will probably be pressured to demand a separate nation,” mentioned Suresh, who additionally occurs to be the youthful brother of senior Congress chief and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.
Claiming that the South was getting a negligible share of “over Rs 4 crore” that’s being collected from the area by way of taxes, the Congress MP added, “The Centre is getting over Rs 4 crore from us (by way of taxes) and what we’re receiving in return is simply a negligible share of what they’re mopping up from the South. We should come out towards this and query this authorities. In the event that they (Centre) don’t rectify their mistake and go in for course correction, all southern states should increase their voices demanding a separate nation.”
Taking part in down his brother’s assertion, the Karnataka deputy CM mentioned he was merely articulating the “ache of South India”. “DK Suresh was solely sharing the ache of South India. There must be a stability (between North and South by way of budgetary proposals and allotments). The complete nation is one. You (Centre) can not solely have a look at the Hindi belt,” DK Shivakumar advised ANI.
#WATCH | Bengaluru: On Congress MP DK Suresh’s assertion, Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar says, “DK Suresh or every other chief have spoken of the ache of South India… There must be a stability. The complete nation is one… You can’t solely have a look at the Hindi belt… On this… pic.twitter.com/6OcnVQ5IrC
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Choosing out alleged holes within the Funds, he added, “This Funds doesn’t characterize an equal distribution of funds. Karnataka contributes considerably by way of income to the Centre. No main bulletins have been made for South India. We really feel let down. Nevertheless, the nation stays and can ceaselessly stay one. We’re Indians and India ought to stay united. There is no such thing as a query of elevating a region-specific demand.”
Questioned on the Congress MP’s comment, senior chief and former Union minister P Chidambaram mentioned, “There has by no means been a Congress coverage or place to ask or demand for a separate nation that I can deny. For the remainder, you must ask Mr. Suresh.”
#WATCH | On Congress MP DK Suresh’s assertion, Congress MP & former Union finance minister P Chidambaram says, “…It’s not the coverage of the Congress Celebration or the place of the Congress Celebration to ask for a separate nation that I can deny. For the remainder, you must ask Mr… pic.twitter.com/z2JsyJcOWD
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Taking an extra swipe on the Centre over the interim Funds, the Congress chief claimed it was merely an train performed with an eye fixed on the upcoming elections, including, “All they did was introduce some Sanskrit and Hindi names to schemes.”