CM accuses Nirmala Sitharaman of "lying", says BJP trying taint Karnataka as "corrupt state"

CM accuses Nirmala Sitharaman of

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday accused Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of "lying" as he targeted her and the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre for meting out 'injustice" to the State in the recent Union Budget.

He alleged that the BJP was trying to taint the Congress-ruled Karnataka as a "corrupt state."

The Chief Minister also said that he and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar will be travelling to New Delhi as they have been called by the Congress high command to "discuss the party and the government" but did not elaborate.