Bengaluru, Oct. 30 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar hit back at BJP leader and Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya over his opposition to the tunnel road project and questioned his authority to show opposition to government projects

"That boy is a waste of material. He is a waste material. When he is treated with respect and spoken to, he keeps on ranting as much as he can," Shivakumar told reporters here.

"Who is this Tejaswi Surya to say no to tunnel roads? He should decide in the Lok Sabha after becoming a Union Minister that there should be no tunnel roads in this country and in the world," he said.

The senior Congress leader questioned the previous government about infrastructure projects in the State.

"We are the on...