As rain ravages Bengaluru, Congress, BJP take shelter in politics

As the unprecedented rain and floods in Karnataka's Bengaluru worsens, a political slugfest has begun between the Congress and the ruling BJP, with each blaming the other for landing the 'Silicon Valley of the East' in trouble.

As Karnataka’s Bengaluru grapples with a spate of rain and floods that have thrown the city into utter chaos, the political honchos of the state are engaged in a game of upmanship. While the ruling BJP is blaming the Congress for the floods in India’s Silicon Valley, the Opposition has passed the buck to BJP’s “failure”.

Former Karnataka CM and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Siddaramaiah tweeted: “#NammaBengaluru is now drowning due to your failure. It is time to remind you of the promise to make Bengaluru a world class city with modern infrastructure! With IT Capital submerged, what is your solution?"

#WATCH | Heavy rain continues to lash Bengaluru, amid a 'Yellow' alert issued for todayIMD forecast shows no respite from rains for the next 2-3 days pic.twitter.com/Cv1rWvoBD7

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“Bengaluru's serious flooding problem is being reduced to memes on social media should make us hang our heads in shame. Once hailed for infrastructure, Bengaluru has been reduced to a joke. Come2023, I promise to put an end to all this & restore Namma Bengaluru to its former glory,” said Karnataka president Congress president.