Samajwadi Party MP Rajeev Kumar Rai.
Credit: PTI File Photo
Bengaluru: In yet another criticism of Bengaluru’s notorious traffic, Samajwadi Party’s Member of Parliament (MP) Rajeev Rai, took to social media platform X to lambast the city's traffic police, claiming he was stuck in "worst" traffic management for over an hour and was unable to reach any officer for assistance.
The incident, which occurred on the heavily congested Rajkumar Samadhi Road, saw the MP expressing grave concern about missing a flight, as he was due to attend the Parliament Winter Session which began on Monday.
"Hon'ble @CMofKarnataka I m sorry but you have the worst traffic management, and most irresponsible, useless traffic police," Rai’s post read.
The MP highlighted the complete absence of traffic personnel: "Not a single police man (sic) is seen around."
Rai attached a screenshot of his mobile call log as evidence, showing multiple consecutive calls to four different Bengaluru traffic helplines and patrol numbers as none were picked up.
"They don't even pick up phone calls, here is the SS [screenshot] of my attempt to speak to them," he stated.
The politician, who was reportedly rushing to the airport, added that such inefficiency was enough to "spoil the name and charm of this beautiful city."
He further charged that the city's perennial gridlock has "earned the reputation of most notorious traffic," tagging both the Bengaluru City Police and the Joint Commissioner of Traffic Police in his viral post.