Bidar, March 14 -- Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Saturday accused the BJP of manufacturing the LPG crisis, blaming the Centre for the shortage of commercial cooking gas cylinders.

Speaking to media, Kharge said the situation was the result of what he termed as "disastrous policies" of the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "This crisis has been created by the BJP. This is nothing but a disastrous policy of the Central government," he said.

Kharge also questioned the Prime Minister's recent diplomatic engagements, referring to Modi's visit to Israel shortly before the outbreak of conflict in the region. "What was the need for Mr Modi to visit Israel two days prior to the war? What did he achieve? He went and got himself a n...