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Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya had criticised the city’s proposed tunnel road, describing it as a “matrimonial project”. He was responding to recent comments by Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar defending the project.

Tejasvi had earlier met Shivakumar, urging the Karnataka government to reconsider the tunnel road project and invest in public transport instead. During the meeting, Shivakumar the project, saying people predominantly preferred to travel in their own vehicles. He also said, “Today, people even hesitate to marry a boy who doesn’t own a car.”

Shivakumar had added that Tejasvi’s call to invest in public transport is unfeasible without Union government funds. He urged BJP MPs in Karnataka to approach the Union gove

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