Janata Dal Secular JD(S) chief HD Deve Gowda has apologized, albeit half-heartedly, for the chaos caused in Bangalore by his party's rally on Monday. The JD(S) rally saw traffic jams paralysing Bangalore for hours on end.
While cosmopolitan Bangaloreans are known to take things in their stride, this time it seems they've been pushed too far.
"I went to station to drop someone, but the bus was gone, we had to chase. This is all torture, these political meetings and all should not be held. Look at how my children are sleeping in the car," said D'costa, a commuter in car.
Deve Gowda clearly, has a lot of answering to do.
"I have already expressed concern about the inconvenience caused because it was an unexpected massive turnout. But when massive rallies are held, this is going to be the case," said Deve Gowda, JD(S) party supreme.
The administration, coming under fire, is looking for solutions.
"Please try to understand, if there is a judicial enquiry, you wait for 10 years. I have to analyse this with my officers. It will take me 2-3 days days time," said Shankar Bidari, police commissioner.
Moving such rallies outside Bangalore would certainly seem to be one solution.
"That's why I made a suggestion. If 400 acres of land are kept aside outside Bangalore exclusively for political and public meetings, it will cause less inconvenience to Bangaloreans," said Deve Gowda.
Whatever is decided, it is crystal clear that such kind of avoidable commuting nightmare cannot be allowed to happen, ever again.
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