The Congress party tweeted a video of school students patching potholes on a road and attacked the BJP-led administration on Monday. Basavaraj Bommai, the chief minister of Karnataka, was given the assignment and asked to observe the students. The students who are seen mending the stretch in the video appear to be surrounded by their teachers.
In the clip, some students are seen repairing the stretch; they are apparently surrounded by their teachers. A tweet from the state unit of Congress (roughly translated from Kannada) read, “The children themselves are covering the potholes as they (have) lost hope on the useless government.”
The grand old party continued to attack over claims of commission to public employees and tweeted, “If the government had done this work that the children are doing, they would have looted the 40% commission and left the potholes intact! @BSBommai at least look at these children and learn!”
According to reports by the local media, the video was shot near a government school in Mysuru’s Hunsur area.
Congress spokesperson Priyank Kharge also shared the video on Twitter and said that the government is busy painting schools saffron. “While Govt is busy painting school saffron, the students are filling up potholes. The priorities of the Govt is clear, please their masters,” he wrote. However, the ruling BJP is yet to respond on the viral video or the allegations made by the opposition Congress.
In recent years, pothole-related incidents have occurred often in Karnataka. A former soldier reportedly wrecked on the road owing to a pothole near Mandya, Karnataka, and died as a result. Kumaraswamy, a former chief minister and JDS leader, also blamed the BJP in power for his passing.