“Congress goes back to Bharat Todo, ‘South Indian states will become a separate country’, says MP DK Suresh in response to Interim Budget”, Opindia, February 1, 2024:

“On Thursday, February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Interim Budget for 2024. While reacting to the budget, Lok Sabha MP from Bengaluru Rural, Congress leader DK Suresh accused the centre of not releasing funds to South Indian states. He also went on to say that in future, South Indian states may demand a separate country for themselves and become a separate nation.

DK Suresh, who is the brother of Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, said in response to the budget that the money collected through from Southern states are being used in Northern states. The Congress MP further warned that if this alleged ‘injustice’ continues, they (Southern states) will be forced to demand a separate country.

DK Suresh was speaking to media personnel outside the Parliament after presentation of the budget. He went on to say that the money from southern states is being distributed in the northern states….”

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