Mysuru, Feb. 27 -- Accusing the State Congress Government of emptying the treasury by misuse and indiscrete diversion of funds for purposes other than budgetary allocations, senior BJP leader and former Minister B. Sriramulu alleged that the Government was pushing the people to poverty by rising prices of essential commodities and services.

Addressing a press meet at the BJP Office in Chamarajapuram here this noon, Sriramulu, who arrived in the city this morning as part of his 2-day tour of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts regarding the party's 'Bruhat Janandolana' against the State Government, said that 20 teams of the BJP are touring the entire State to sensitise the public on the Congress Government's maladministration, corruption,...