India, Feb. 13 -- Accusing the state government of presenting "misleading figures," the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a walkout midway through an all-party meeting convened on Friday to discuss the discontinuation of the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG).

The opposition termed the exercise a "political agenda" of the Congress government, while the ruling dispensation accused the BJP of abandoning the state's interests.

The meeting, called by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, aimed to build a political consensus to pressure the Union government into restoring the RDG. The grant, a vital fiscal lifeline for the hill state, faces discontinuation following the 16th Finance Commission's recommendations.

The BJP delegation, led by state...