Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written letters to his counterparts of eight states -- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana, and Punjab -- regarding the devolution of taxes by the Union government. He claimed the states with higher Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) per capita, like Karnataka and others, are being penalised for their economic performance, receiving disproportionately lower tax allocations.