Bengaluru, May 20 -- Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ongoing five-nation tour amid the hike in fuel prices, rising inflation and call for austerity measures and accused the BJP of "hiding away from responsibilities."

PM Modi is currently in Italy as the final leg of his five-nation tour. Earlier, the Prime Minister was in Norway for the fourth leg and before his Oslo visit, he was in Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates.

Speaking with ANI, Kharge asserted that the BJP leaders who were following the austerity measures following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's advice are back to "square one." He accused the party of attacking the Congress leadership in Karnataka to hi...