‘Perform or face election’: From Congress’s DK Shivakumar to Karnataka CM Bommai, rain looms large in Bengaluru

Hitting out at Karnataka Chief Minister for blaming the “mismanagement” of previous Congress governments for Bengaluru’s rain woes, party state president DK Shivakumar on Tuesday urged Basavaraj Bommai and his administration to contest or face the elections. . He also alleged that the “corrupt” BJP government and its officials are responsible for the current situation in Bengaluru.

He said, “If there were encroachments during the Congress tenure, then let them (BJP) clean it up, they got five years’ time earlier, now they have got five years, they should have done this… Not protesting while in the U.S. and blaming the previous Congress governments. Instead it is not right,” Shivakumar said, reacting to the chief minister’s statement. Talking to reporters here, he said, “Such a situation never happened during the tenure of Congress.

“It is because of your corruption and corruption by your officials. The chief minister has to take this into account. People have given you a chance. If you are not able to perform, go for elections,” he said. Bommai had earlier on Tuesday blamed the “misadministration” of the previous Congress governments and unprecedented rains in the capital city for the floods.

The chief minister had accused the Congress of allowing “right-left-centre” construction activities in lake areas, tank dams and buffer zones during his rule. Led by state Congress working president Ramalinga Reddy, Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council BK Hariprasad accused the BJP government of neglecting Bengaluru’s infrastructure and blamed it for the current situation and called it “undermining the pride” of the city. convicted for. , stating that many IT and BT industries were planning to relocate to other cities.

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