Tumakuru, July 14 -- Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Monday said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah requested Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari to postpone the inauguration of the newly built Sigandur bridge in Shivamogga.

As the Chief Minister was unable to attend the scheduled event.

Speaking to the reporters, G Parameshwara said, "A bridge has been constructed in Shivamogga with the help of the Union and the Government... Union Minister Nitin Gadkari wanted to inaugurate the bridge. The CM had requested him to postpone because he won't be able to attend the inauguration program... If it had been postponed, then the CM would also have been able to attend the program..."

Karnataka Chief Minister Sidd...