India, Feb. 28 -- As Bengaluru continues to grapple with traffic congestion, Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara in an interview to Hindustan Times, defended the government's efforts, emphasising that infrastructure, not policing, is the root cause of Bengaluru's traffic woes and that long-term planning is necessary.

He dismissed the BJP's accusations of selective policing in the Udayagiri police station violence case and said that the law enforcement acted swiftly in the matter. He also defended the micro-loan ordinance, saying that stricter penalties are required to curb coercion by lenders.

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Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar's recent comment that even god cannot fix Bengaluru traffic has drawn critici...