Bengaluru, June 14 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday targeted the Congress-led Karnataka government and Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, accusing them of peddling a "false narrative" that the Centre neglects the State.

Addressing the Viksit Bharat Sankalpa Samavesha in Bengaluru, Sitharaman informed that Karnataka has received five times more Central tax devolution as against allocation during the previous Congress-led UPA tenure.

She refuted allegations of the State government in Karnataka that the State is deprived of Central allocations.

"The devolution of taxes determined by the Finance Commission has seen Karnataka receive Rs 4 lakh crore between 2014 and 2026. This is five times more than the Rs 82,000 crore giv...