India, May 19 -- Union Minister and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy launched a scathing attack on the Karnataka government after large parts of Bengaluru were submerged following intense overnight rainfall on Saturday. Labeling the situation as a consequence of administrative failure, Kumaraswamy said the city no longer represents "Greater Bengaluru" but rather "Looters' Bengaluru".

The sharp remark was aimed at the recently enacted Greater Bengaluru Governance Act, which came into effect on May 15 to streamline city administration. However, with heavy rains exposing major lapses in civic preparedness, Kumaraswamy used the term sarcastically, saying the Act has only facilitated more corruption rather than better governance.

"Greater Bengal...