Bengaluru, Oct. 30 -- Turning the opposition's criticism of Karnataka's proposed milk price hike into a political attack on the Centre, Home Minister Priyank Kharge on Friday blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic policies for rising inflation, asserting that the Rs 8 per litre increase was necessary to protect dairy farmers and not an administrative failure of the state government.
"Inflation is rising because of Modinomics, not because of DK Shivakumar," Kharge said, hitting back at the BJP over its criticism of the Cabinet's decision to revise milk prices from November 1.
Invoking the BJP's 2014 election slogan, 'Bahut ho gayi mehngai ki maar, ab ki baar Modi sarkar', he challenged the opposition to explain whether inflation ha...