Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday said Union Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar praised the tunnel road, flyover, and B-Khata conversion initiatives of the state government during a meeting of urban development ministers of southern states here.

“We have presented before him our demands for the state, but he has not assured any funds,” the Deputy CM said in a statement on the meeting.

Shivakumar, who holds the Bengaluru development portfolio, is locked in a legal and public dispute with BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on the tunnel road project.

BJP leader Tejasvi Surya is waging a legal battle against the project by appearing on behalf of actor Prakash Belawadi, who has opposed it.

At a press meet post their Wednesday meeting, Surya said this "c

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