Bengaluru, Oct 29 (PTI) BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Wednesday appealed to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar to drop the tunnel road project in Bengaluru, saying the focus should be on moving people, not vehicles.

"Instead of leaving a legacy, Shivakumar is leaving a scar on Bengaluru," Surya said, warning that his party would challenge the project in court and also take to the streets in protest.

Insisting that a rail-based transport system is the only solution to the traffic woes in the state capital, the Bengaluru South MP said, "We should plan projects for people and not for contractors." Addressing a press conference here, Surya said, "Our objective should be to move people and not vehicles. This tunnel road project, with an estimated cost of Rs 43,000 crore, will only choke

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