Mysuru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said he would approach the courts if necessary to secure the state’s rightful share of central funds.

Speaking to reporters here, he also slammed the Centre for celebrating rationalisation of Goods and Services Taxes (GST), saying there was little to celebrate after eight years of introduction of GST in the country.

Commenting on the Centre refund of Rs 3,200 crore, Siddaramaiah said, “UP is getting 17 to 18 per cent of the central grant while we are getting only 3.5 per cent. Is this justified? We are asking them (Centre) to rectify it.”

According to him, every year Rs 4.5 lakh crore tax goes from Karnataka to the Centre whereas the state gets only 14 per cent, which is not proper.

“I am not saying the state should withhol

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