NEW DELHI: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday criticised the Congress government in Karnataka over the chief ministerial dispute, saying the party is divided, the government is failing, and the state is suffering from corruption and poor infrastructure.

Pralhad Joshi said, “They know they won’t come to power next time, so D K Shivakumar and his supporters want him to get half the share, but Siddaramaiah is not ready… their government has gone bankrupt… nothing is happening except corruption. Factionalism is taking place. You can see the condition of Bengaluru, it is full of potholes…”

As the power tussle over the CM post intensifies, a day earlier, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said that there was no political agenda to his visit to Delhi. “No political agenda. I have come h

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