Bengaluru, Aug. 7 -- Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday, stating that the ruling party at the Centre has "forgotten" the 50 per cent funding provided by the state government for the Bengaluru Metro project.

"Let them take credit for it. They forget 50 per cent of project funding is from Karnataka and 50 per cent from the Centre," Kharge told reporters.

"We are number 1 in IT, number 2 in GST and in FDI. Our GDP is high. Our purchasing power parity is the highest. So tomorrow, even if I do good work, will they say it's because of the BJP?" Priyank Kharge added.

Meanwhile, on August 5, Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said that both the state and the Centre hold shares in the metro projec...