Bengaluru: Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar ruled out any plans to levy a peak-hour congestion tax in Bengaluru.

\"It's false. There's no such proposal before me,\" Shivakumar, the minister for Bengaluru Urban Development, told reporters.

The idea of levying a congestion tax, which is not new, came up at a meeting Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh chaired last week to discuss the city's development. At that meeting, urban expert RK Mishra pushed for a congestion tax on single-occupant cars on the Outer Ring Road (ORR).

\"Some industrialists have advised (levying congestion tax) in the interest of the city,\" Shivakumar pointed out.

Earlier in the day, Leader of Opposition R Ashoka described Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's administration as \"Tughlaq government\" for even t

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