7 months ago
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MP for Bengaluru South Tejaswi Surya and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar continued to fastener horns implicit the projected passageway roadworthy task successful Bengaluru.
A fewer days aft some leaders held discussions, Mr. Surya lashed retired astatine Mr. Shivakumar for his remark that ‘people cannot beryllium stopped from utilizing cars’ and ‘there is hesitation to wed a lad who bash not own a car’.
He remarked that the Deputy Chief Minister seems to privation a passageway roadworthy to lick a societal problem.
For car owners
Defending his statement against the passageway project, Mr. Surya said, “Mr. Shivakumar seems to deliberation the full metropolis owns cars. As per RTO records, lone 12% of Bengalureans ain cars. What astir the rest? Are they not getting joined oregon starring household lives?”
Reacting to Mr. Surya’s remark, Mr. Shivakumar said, “He is childish and does not person immoderate experience. Out of respect for his position, I called him for a meeting, and present helium is talking nonsense.” He went connected to sugget that Mr. Surya tin prohibition each passageway projects successful the state erstwhile helium becomes a Union Minister.
Why is helium travelling by car?
Continuing his attack, helium further said, “Why is helium (Mr. Surya) travelling by car? Let him and his household question by metro and authorities buses. Let the MLAs of his enactment question by metro and autorickshaws. Why bash they request cars? He has to realise that determination are astir 1.3 crore vehicles successful Bengaluru, and we can’t archer each of them usage nationalist transport,” helium added.
Continuing his tirade, helium demanded that Mr. Surya and his enactment enactment to bring much funds from the Centre. “The Centre gives lone 11 to 12% of funds for Namma Metro, and the remainder is borne by the State government,” helium said.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that if elder leaders from BJP, specified arsenic R. Ashok, C.N. Ashwathnarayan, oregon Jagadish Shettar inquire questions, helium was consenting to reply ‘because they recognize the crushed realities.’ He demanded to cognize wherever the onshore was disposable to bash BRTS and if Mr. Surya was ‘even alert of the costs progressive successful the onshore acquisition for these projects’.
