New Delhi, June 24 -- The major disruption on Bengaluru's Namma Metro Purple Line on Tuesday evening has triggered a political debate, with Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya slamming the Congress-led Karnataka dispensation over the state of the IT capital's infrastructure.

Surya, on Wednesday, shared a widely circulated video on X that showed stranded commuters, including IT employees, climbing onto the back of an open goods truck in an attempt to reach home after metro services were suddenly halted.

Reacting to the scenes, Surya wrote: "First-world tech talent. Third-world governance. That is the story of Bengaluru."

The BJP MP asserted that the incident reflected growing frustration among residents who depend on the metro to avoid the...