BJP Vs Congress In Delhi, Karnataka As Centre-States Fund Row Heats Up
NDTV
The centre vs states row over tax devolution has made headlines in the past weeks, with Nirmala Sitharaman and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury squabbling in Parliament.
The BJP and the Congress went head-to-head in Delhi and Karnataka's Bengaluru Wednesday morning over allegations the centre is withholding funds - including devolution of tax revenue and failure to release funds to combat drought in several districts - to the state government. #WATCH | On the Karnataka Congress protest in Delhi, Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar says "We are confident that we are going to get justice. Even they know that injustice has been done...We are asking for justice for Karnataka..." pic.twitter.com/IIlGQTn6rp #WATCH | Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah along with Deputy CM DK Shivakumar and other Karnataka Congress leaders hold a protest against the central government at Delhi's Jantar Mantar. pic.twitter.com/7gTPMyamnO
Among other points, the Congress is protesting a reduction in their share - from 13 per cent to 12 per cent - of tax revenue. "Nobody is denying there is a system (but) how come, in the previous system we got one per cent more?" Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge, part of the protests, asked.
Visuals from the Jantar Mantar area in Delhi - where top Congress leaders, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy, DK Shivakumar, also showed party workers scuffling with police.
