Karnataka Deputy CM Shivakumar said Bengaluru faces traffic jams because everyone wants to buy a car and nobody wants to use public transport. Shivakumar claimed California has 13 lakh engineers, while Bengaluru has nearly 25 lakh engineers, and growing aspiration to own cars has put pressure on road infrastructure. A social media user reacted, "Fix basics...first, then boast about Bengaluru."