Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the State government’s move to split the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) into five corporations calling it “unscientific” and a repeat of a “failed experiment” in other cities and said BJP will fight it out legally. 

Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly R. Ashok alleged the Congress government had divided Bengaluru to suit its electoral motives in the BBMP elections. Congress is certain to lose the BBMP elections, and this division is an attempt to avoid that defeat, he alleged. “This division will lead to disparities among the five civic bodies. The BJP will take the matter to court and protest against it,” he said. 

BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra termed the split “unscientific”. “Such experiments have already been done in other cities like Mumbai and Delhi. In Delhi the split was reversed after it failed. We do not understand why the Congress government in the State is trying to repeat a failed experiment,” he said. 

Mr. Vijayendra also termed the tunnel roads project as “unscientific” too. Mr. Ashok said that the tunnel roads project was being awarded to blacklisted contractors. The toll on these tunnel roads will make them accessible only to the wealthy, offering no benefit to the common man. While the BJP supports development, it will oppose projects meant for looting money,” he said.