Haveri, Feb. 24 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Basavaraj Bommai on Monday alleged that the Congress government in Karnataka of "mishandling" financial guarantees, claiming that the state has "dried up the coffers (financial accounts)."

Bommai stated that a substantial loan burden has emerged as a result of the state's drying up of financial accounts, with the Congress government in Karnataka borrowing more than Rs 1 lakh crore and an additional Rs 15,000 crore.

"The guarantees of Karnataka and the mishandling by the state government, which is the Congress government, has dried up the coffers. So, a huge loan component has been created. Last year, the state government borrowed more than Rs 1 lakh crores in the budget. And over and ab...