Congress MP’s ‘separate nation for south India’ remark sees heated discussion in RS, BJP demands action

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New Delhi:Rajya Sabha was off to a stormy start Friday as BJP parliamentarian Piyush Goyal brought up a comment made by a Congress MP that south India could be forced to demand a separate nation...

Karnataka Congress MP and brother of the states Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, D.K. Suresh, claimed Thursday that taxes collected from the south were being distributed to north India...

The Lok Sabha MP had said southern states would be forced to demand for a separate nation if this injustice was not rectified..

During the ongoing #BudgetSession2024, Leader of the House Piyush Goyal raises objections to alleged remarks by Congress MP DK Suresh in Rajya Sabha, citing concerns over divisive rhetoric..

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah tried to assuage the controversy by saying that a separate nationhood to south India could not be asked for. Sovereignty should prevail, he said.. He, however, added that injustice was happening vis-a-vis tax devolution...

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