India, Oct. 23 -- Bengaluru residents have taken to social media to lampoon claims that anyone criticizing the city's potholes or garbage management is an "outsider" or a "Delhi agent," with one viral post asserting, "Only the potholes are 100% local."

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The post quickly went viral, drawing a flood of humorous and sharply critical reactions.

One user likened the city's road conditions to a terminal illness, writing, "Bangalore is now a stage 4 cancer patient. Invasive potholes have metastasized everywhere. No surgery can save the patient. Only palliative care works until the patient dies. Unless citizen immunotherapy kicks in big t...