In a hard-hitting comment, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said he would not have “cowered” under public pressure like his boss Siddaramaiah to stop the controversial Steel Flyover project if he was at the helm of affairs.
Shivakumar was speaking at the Kempegowda Jayanti in Vidhana Soudha where he said various stakeholders have asked him to consider building tunnels and flyovers in the city.
“In the Siddaramaiah government, they wanted to build a steel bridge. There was such a huge uproar and criticism. Drums were beaten to say there was bribery and corruption. Siddaramaiah got scared. He and (the then Bengaluru City Development minister) K J George said no to the project,” Shivakumar said.
