Janata Dal (Secular) patriarch H D Deve Gowda Friday accused the Karnataka Congress government of spending the state's "public money" to aid the party in the recent assembly elections in five states, as he targeted Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar.

The former prime minister lashed out at Siddaramaiah, who heads the Karnataka Congress government, alleging that he could not prevent the flow of money from the state, especially Bengaluru, to the Congress party in the five states to fight elections.