Bengaluru, April 11 -- Following the allegations of growing interference by middlemen and halted payments in the government departments by Karnataka State Contractors Association, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday said that some contractors are requesting some legislators in their constituency to pay the pending bills.

Clarifying bill payments, the Deputy CM stated that the government is not able to pay just 10-15 per cent of the bills. However, he targeted the previous BJP government, stating that during the BJP government, the pending bills were more than Rs 1 lakh crores.

"Some contractors are requesting some of our legislators in their constituency to give whatever the bills have been pending. Earlier in the BJ...