India, June 30 -- Former Infosys CFO and Bengaluru resident Mohandas Pai has urged the Karnataka government to significantly expand the city's electric bus fleet after neighbouring state Tamil Nadu's new government said all future government buses purchased would be air-conditioned.

Reacting to the development, Pai tagged Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar in a post on X and said the neighbouring state was moving ahead while Karnataka had failed to roll out even its approved fleet of electric buses.

"@DKShivakumar avare please see. Our neighbors are progressing fast. Our govt is sitting on approved quota of 4000 EV buses, treating our citizens shabbily, making our lives miserable. Please act. Get 15000 EV AC buses for Bengaluru!" Pa...