Overview

• On day four of the 'Bengaluru Nadige' walk, the deputy chief minister met residents in Koramangala and said he will engage next with technology industry leaders.
• Shivakumar cited permission to spend ₹50 crore for city works, urged complaints to helpline 1533, and pledged immediate suspension for any official caught seeking bribes.
• Answering Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw’s infrastructure critique, he said he would “give her the roads” to develop, later arguing some critics have a personal agenda.
• Mazumdar-Shaw rejected the agenda claim and welcomed the Ejipura flyover work resumption, as the government set a June 2026 completion target for the project.
• Fiscal strain persisted with contractors warning of protests and a 'corruption report card' unless about ₹33,000 crore in pending dues are cleared within a month.