The war of words between elected representatives of the BJP in Mysuru over the piped gas project continued to rage on Saturday with Pratap Simha, MP, hitting out at party MLAs representing Krishnaraja and Chamaraja constituencies in Mysuru S. A. Ramdas and L. Nagendra.
After clarifying that the dug-up roads will be repaired by the company that had been entrusted with the project to lay the gas pipeline, Mr. Simha questioned the two MLAs over their silence when the roads had been dug up earlier by JUSCO, a private company that implemented a water management project, or by private telecom service providers. While Mr. Ramdas had served earlier also as MLA, Mr. Nagendra had served as a corporator of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), the MP pointed out.
Mr. Simha also mocked at Mr. Nagendra’s claim that roads had been laid in his constituency at a cost of ₹300 crore and wondered whether he had managed to get such a huge amount of money sanctioned for his constituency. The roads laid in his constituency were of such poor quality that they would wear off in less than a year’s time.
