Bengaluru, May 25 -- Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar lashed out at the BJP for increasing the financial burden on the people and said the Congress government in the state was reducing the burden with its guarantee schemes.

Addressing a joint press conference at the KPCC office, the DCM, who is also the KPCC President, said, "Think about what the situation would have been like if Congress's guarantees did not exist."

"Our guarantees are not just appreciated in Karnataka; the entire country has praised them. Even the United Nations has commended them. Prices are skyrocketing while incomes are plummeting. Many hotels have partially shut down due to rising cylinder prices and shortages. This year, commercial cylinder prices were hiked ...