Bengaluru, March 4 -- Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of spreading false information that the funds of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are being misused and diverted to other projects.

He asked the BJP to substantiate their allegations and demanded accountability from the previous government.

"BJP is spreading false information that the money of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is being misused and the money is being diverted to other projects. They are not telling where and how it is being misused; they are not giving any clarification about it. They should answer about what they did when they were in power," Kharge told reporters here.

The Karnataka Minister alleged that the SCSP and TS...