Bengaluru, 18 May 

Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy came down heavily on the State government on Sunday for the waterlogging.

Blaming the Congress government for the "rain-induced chaos" in the City, Kumaraswamy said this was not "Greater Bengaluru but Looters’ Bengaluru".

Kumaraswamy also raised serious concerns about the misuse and disappearance of public revenue and tax collections. In a statement, the JD(S) second-in-command said, "Greater Bengaluru sinks when it rains heavily and floats when it rains lightly."

He alleged that potholes and open drains occupy the roads.

"There isn’t even spare soil to fill potholes, but tenders worth thousands of crores are floated for tunnel road. Weekly taxes, rising prices—do they think people are lifeless rocks? Should citizens be expected to silently endure and swallow everything? A land is not made of stones—it is made of people," the minister said in his statement.

Similarly, Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly, R Ashoka said it was better to call it "Water Bengaluru" rather than saying "Greater Bengaluru."