Bengaluru, June 14 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka on Sunday urged the high-level committee examining the Rs 39,437 crore Solid Waste Management tender to function independently and without any external influence, stressing that the decision would have long-term implications for Bengaluru and public finances.

This came after allegations were made by the Karnataka Leader of Opposition on Saturday over an alleged Rs 39,000-crore waste management scam in Bengaluru.

Ashok alleged on X that the Congress government had "mortgaged Bengaluru's future for the next 35 years" through a waste management contract. The Karnataka government earlier constituted a high-level committee to...