Bengaluru residents, daily combatting traffic chaos on its narrow roads, can take heart. The country's capital Delhi too appears to be battling massive traffic jams ahead of the Diwali rush causing much grief and frustration among commuters.

Social media has been swamped by images of gridlocked roads and stalled vehicles in the capital caused by Diwali shoppers. However, netizens swiftly shifted focus on another key contender of India’s urban traffic travails – Bengaluru.

Social media users reacting to visuals of Delhi’s choked roads noted that critics who routinely target Bengaluru’s notorious traffic snarls were conspicuously silent.

What about Bengaluru?

“Where are all the anti-Bengaluru gang now? They’ll stay quiet about this,” one user remarked. Another quipped about Delhi traffic

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