Karnataka Congress Leader ‘Floats’ On Waterlogged Road In Protest

New Delhi: As several parts of Karnataka’s capital Bengaluru remain inundated due to torrential rains in the last two days, the Opposition Congress has protested against the ruling BJP, accusing it of administrative mismanagement. Mohammed Haris Nalapad, President of Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee, was today seen trying to float on a flooded road by sitting on an inflated rubber tube.

In a video from the protest demonstration, Mr Nalapad is seen struggling to balance himself on the tube floating in the water while supporters hold his hands and drag him forward. Several Congress workers assembled at the site holding placards, demanding a solution to the severe waterlogging across the city.

#Watch: Mohammed Haris Nalapad, President, Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee uses an inflated rubber tube in #Bengaluru to protest against the state government demanding a solution to severe waterlogging in the city | reported by news agency ANI pic.twitter.com/8rK2fbRIwg

— NDTV (@ndtv) September 6, 2022

Bengaluru is flooded today due to BJP’s 40% commission greed, he tweeted in Kannada soon after, in a dig at recent allegations of corruption against the state government. “Different forms of protest were held in Bellandur against the state government for not handling the situation properly and showing a negligent attitude,” he added.

ಬಿಜೆಪಿಯವರ 40% ರಷ್ಟು ಕಮಿಷನ್‌ ದುರಾಸೆಯಿಂದ ಇಂದು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಪ್ರವಾಹದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಳುಗಡೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಸಂದರ್ಭವನ್ನು ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆ ಮಾಡಲಾಗದೆ ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯ ಧೋರಣೆ ತೋರುತ್ತಿರುವ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಬೆಳ್ಳಂದೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆಯನ್ನು ನಡೆಸಲಾಯಿತು.
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— Mohammed Haris Nalapad (@nalapad) September 6, 2022

“BJP, which has said that it will make this a world-class city, when will it provide facilities to the rain-soaked Bangalore? People of Bangalore are waiting. BJP, do you have the answer?” another tweet by him said. 

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai today blamed the previous Congress governments’ ‘maladministration’ and unprecedented rains in Bengaluru for the deluge.

He said, despite all odds, his government has taken it up as a challenge to restore the rain battered city, and make sure that such things don’t recur in the future.

Several areas of Bengaluru remain waterlogged following heavy rainfall that has bared the damage caused by unplanned development in the rapidly growing city.