Bengaluru, Sept. 3 -- Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge on Thursday rejected BJP leader R Ashoka's claim that the state government withdrew the Parks Amendment Bill allowing limited use of public spaces, including parks, for infrastructure projects, not due to pressure from the Opposition.

While speaking with the media, Kharge said BJP leaders are overestimating themselves.

Neither does this government work on the whims and fancies of their decisions, nor do we have to bend backwards to listen to them. We passed a bill with respect to utilising land of public spaces, including parks, for government infrastructure, which has been done earlier in previous governments also across the state. So we have gotten a bill limiting the land u...