India, July 4 -- Exponential rise in cases has sent the B.S. Yediyurappa government into a tailspin.

Bengaluru: Call it complacency, ineptness of the authorities or lack of preparedness, the Bengaluru model of tackling coronavirus, which was to be replicated across the country, has faltered. As the saying goes, success has many fathers, but failure is always an orphan; the blame game has already begun in the silicon valley of the country. All the accolades and adulations the government received just under a month ago have now turned into a barbwire.

The exponential increase in the number of the cases has sent the B.S. Yediyurappa government into a tailspin. Every day for the past one week, the city is setting a new record as far as Cov...