Bengaluru, April 1 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Dr. CN Ashwath Narayan on Tuesday took a dig at the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) over the "garbage cess," alleging that the urban local body has not performed well with the allocated money.

Speaking to the media, Ashwath Narayan said that the Congress government in Karnataka is running an "ATM" government. He further alleged that BBMP has completely failed at waste management.

"The money they have been collecting so far--have they been accountable for it? Are they accountable? Do they have any benchmarks regarding black spots or waste that has not been cleared? There are many issues. The people of Bengaluru are seeing garbage everywhere. After collecting so much money, ...