The 26-km south-to-west roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi affected traffic in the city on Saturday (May 6) and earned some brickbats from the city’s residents. However, the BJP termed the criticisms an “opposition ploy” since they “are scared of Mr. Modi”.
Many office establishments work on Saturday, and employees had to endure hardship to reach their destinations, with traffic police blocking streets for the roadshow.
In many places, commuters were seen arguing with traffic policemen over roads being blocked for hours. At one of the junctions in Jayanagar, commuters took to honking continuously to protest roads being blocked. The roadshow was expected to conclude by 12:30 p.m. but went on till over 1:00 p.m. Many also objected to roads being blocked much before the Prime Minister arrived at the junction.
