Exclusive: FM Sitharaman Says MP D K Suresh “Separate Country” Statement Part Of Congress Strategy

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s two-pronged attack on Congress MP D K Suresh who threatened a ‘separate country’ if the centre continued to ignore the south in its fund allocation. Speaking to Rahul Kanwal, Executive Director, Business Today and Siddharth Zarabi, Managing Editor, Business Today TV after presenting her interim Budget for 2024, the Finance Minister rubbished the allegations saying there was no favouritism in allocating funds to the states. She attacked the Congress saying the party was using the issue to sow seeds of discord and division among the people and added that the latest statement by the brother of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar was nothing but the Congress’ old ‘tukde tukde’ strategy in a new garb.