KARNATAKA: Taking strong exception to allegations by Bharatiya Janata Party state president B.Y. Vijayendra that the Congress-led government in Karnataka was “looting the state to fund the high command”, deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday launched a sharp counterattack, calling Vijayendra the real “collection king”.
“If there is anyone who deserves to be called a ‘collection king’, it is Vijayendra. He is the reason his father’s (former CM BS Yediyurappa’s) name got spoiled. He should not forget that, ” Shivakumar said.
He was responding to media queries in Belagavi.
Reacting to Vijayendra’s allegation that the state treasury had been emptied to appease the Congress high command and that corruption had increased under the present government, Shivakumar asked, “Which treasury has been emptied? Should we open up their collections, their accounts and transactions?”