"They Should Invite Us, Right?" Peeved Siddaramaiah On BJP's Bridge 'Snub'

The opening of a bridge in Karnataka Monday has created a divide between the ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party that is in power at the centre, after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah objected to the lack of representatives from the state government at the inaguration ceremony. The government responded by sharing a July 11 letter - from three days before the opening - inviting the Chief Minister.

The Kalasavalli-Ambargondlu, or the Sigandur bridge - India's second-longest cable-stayed bridge, 2.44km long and built at a cost of Rs 473 crore - in Shivamogga district is to be inaugurated later today, but the Chief Minister, his Public Works Minister, and local Congress MLAs will stay away.

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