Bengaluru, Sept. 24 -- Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA K Gopalaiah and party workers staged a protest on Wednesday in front of Kanteerava Studios in Bengaluru against the Congress government over the potholes in the city.

BJP leader NL Narendra Babu slammed Congress and called Bengaluru a "pothole city".

He told ANI, "Bengaluru was once called a retired man's paradise, IT City and BT City. Today, it has become 'pothole city'. Who is responsible for this?"

Narendra Babu added that government officials are not filling up the potholes, despite directions from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar.

"The present Government, where recently the CM said potholes should be filled up within one month. What were they...