{
  "id": 9780732,
  "title": "Karnataka tries to pass the buck on Centre to hide its financial mismanagement: Joshi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/karnataka-tries-to-pass-the-buck-on-centre-to-hide-its-financial",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T15:15:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/karnataka-tries-to-pass-the-buck-on-centre-to-hide-its-financial-mismanagement-joshi/article71509072.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Union Minister for Education Pralhad Joshi criticized the Karnataka government on Friday for attempting to shift blame onto the Centre regarding the State's financial mismanagement. In response to a question about the State requesting financial aid from the Centre to tackle the worsening drought situation, Joshi questioned the lack of transparency from the Karnataka government. He demanded the State government to disclose the number of taluks affected and the extent of deficit rainfall before any aid could be provided. Joshi highlighted the Centre's ongoing support for the State through infrastructure projects and emphasized that the issue lies within the Finance Department, which he claims has stated the government has no money and is bankrupt. He questioned whether the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman or Joshi himself was making such a statement.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Karnataka government blames Centre for financial mismanagement",
    "Union Minister Pralhad Joshi demands transparency from Karnataka",
    "Centre supports Karnataka through infrastructure projects"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}