New Delhi, Feb 1 (Reporter) Congress MP from Karnataka D K Suresh on Thursday stoked a controversy by saying that the Narendra Modi government was denying the rightful share of funds to southern Indian states, and ”if this injustice is not corrected, we may have to demand a separate nation". Suresh, who is the brother of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, made the comment while reacting to the Interim Budget placed by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman earlier in the day. "We are only demanding our rightful funds. The Centre is not properly giving the right share of GST and direct taxes to South Indian states. The Centre is giving the tax money accruing from southern states to North India. We (South India) are facing financial problems. If this injustice is not corrected, we may have to demand a separate nation," he told reporters here. "If we see how the money is distributed to various states in the country, it is clear that our states' funds are being diverted to northern states. This is an injustice to us. The centre is getting over Rs 4 lakh crore from us and what we are getting in return is negligible. We have to question this. If this is not rectified, all south states have to raise our voices demanding separate nation," the Congress MP said. Suresh alleged that Hindi is being imposed on southern states. "This is an injustice to us, Hindi is being imposed on us. Time may come when people of South India may ask for a separate country," he added. The Congress distanced itself from the comments made by Suresh. Congress Working Committee member and former Union Minister P Chidambaram, who was addressing a media conference at the Congress headquarters here on the Budget, asserted that it was not the policy or position of his party to ask for a separate country. “I cannot comment on that statement, you have to ask him. But it is not the policy of the Congress party, or the position of the Congress party to ask for a separate country. That I can deny. For the rest, you have to ask Mr. Suresh," he said. Shivakumar also distanced himself from his brother's controversial statement by saying that India is a single entity. The feeling of the people of South India is that they should get what North India gets, he argued...////...