Reacting to his meeting with BJP MP Tejasvi Surya earlier in the day, where the latter proposed alternatives to the proposed tunnel road project, Shivakumar said that decisions must align with funding availability.
Surya, who met Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar earlier in the day, said the BJP supports the Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project, calling it crucial for the city's long-term mobility needs, but will continue to oppose the proposed Tunnel Road plan.
"Our opposition to the tunnel road is not just restricted to the damage it will cause to Lalbagh and Sankey Tank, but to the whole of the city. The project will worsen traffic in Bengaluru and not address the core issue, which is reducing private vehicles and increasing public transport,"
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar hit out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya over the latter's allegation that the Karnataka state government has neglected the development of the state in the last two years. DK Shivakumar countered, asking him to show his contrib
On Wednesday, Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA K Gopalaiah and party workers staged a protest in front of Kanteerava Studios in Bengaluru against the Congress government over the potholes in the city.
BJP MP and BJYM National President Tejasvi Surya, alongside Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and actor-model Milind Soman, flagged off the 'Namo Yuva Run' at the Coastal Road Promenade in Worli here on Sunday.
He questioned the urgency in forming SIT, the bias towards Hindu institutions, Delhi leaders' Involvement, masked man's identity, funding and orchestration of alleged murders at Dharmasthala.
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the Yellow Line metro inauguration and said that the city was "suffering from an infrastructure deficit".
"The Vice President has resigned due to health reasons. I wish Jagdeep Dhankhar ji, the very best of health and wish him a long life," said Surya while speaking to the media.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the Karnataka government's plea challenging the High Court order of quashing the FIR against BJP's Lok Sabha member Tejasvi Surya for his post on social media platform 'X' in connection with the death of a farmer in Haveri district.
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Monday hit back at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Congress on the row over the Kalasavalli-Ambargondlu bridge inauguration in Karnataka's Shivamogga district.