Vijayapura, May 23 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday lashed out at Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, questioning why the Minister came to Ramanagara district to do politics instead of his home district of Hassan.

Shivakumar criticised Kumaraswamy for suggesting he must have tipped off the Enforcement Directorate (ED) about Ranya Rao's smuggling case details.

"Kumaraswamy is mental. He has lost his mental balance," the DCM said, adding that lies were his other name.

Replying to a series of tweets from Kumaraswamy on the renaming of Ramanagara district, Shivakumar said, "Why did Kumaraswamy come to Ramanagara to do politics? Why did he not do politics in his home district of Hassan? Why hasn't he removed the initial...