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Launching a counter-attack connected Opposition BJP that staged a protestation against the alleged nonaccomplishment of the authorities successful ensuring pothole-free roads successful Bengaluru, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar connected Thursday blamed the erstwhile BJP dispensation’s “misrule” for potholes successful the city.
Stating that the process of filling up potholes had been taken up connected a warfare footing supported by assistance to the tune of ₹750 crore successful Bengaluru, Mr. Shivakumar, who is besides the KPCC president, announced that the Congress workers would signifier a protestation against each the BJP-ruled corporations successful the State including Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporations against atrocious roads successful their jurisdiction.
“We are committed to fixing the pothole contented successful Bengaluru. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has released a assistance of ₹750 crore for this purpose,” helium told media persons successful Bengaluru.
Responding to the BJP’s protestation against potholes successful Bengaluru, helium said, “It is existent that determination are potholes successful Bengaluru and we are filling them up connected a warfare footing. We person besides requested the constabulary and the nationalist to pass america astir the determination of potholes. We are gripped by specified a situaition owed to the misrule of the erstwhile BJP government. The protesting BJP leaders indispensable recognize that the Centre has not fixed immoderate funds for Bengaluru’s improvement successful spite of the city’s precocious taxation contributions.”
Asked if helium would sermon the contented of potholes with industrialists, helium said, “They are our friends, but they besides indispensable realise their responsibilities.”
BJP takes exception
Taking objection to the allegations, BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra said the Congress authorities should effort to unrecorded successful the contiguous and should support the representation of Bengaluru by fixing potholes alternatively of blaming the erstwhile regime.
He alleged that the authorities had failed to guarantee pothole-free roads not conscionable successful Bengaluru, but different cities of the State too.
Accusing the authorities of failing to conscionable its ain deadlines connected filling up potholes, helium said the authorities should absorption connected its responsibility.
