Addressing a press conference here, he claimed there were hidden forces at work to see that projects worth several crores were diverted to the BDA, pointing out that the signal-free corridor project itself was worth over Rs 3,200 crore. “The government can easily transfer funds from the BDA to the BBMP and allow it to execute these projects. The BBMP has already spent around Rs 800 crore on road widening. What is the logic in transferring these projects to the BDA now? This is nothing but disrespect to an elected body and the Constitution,” he declared.

Authorising the BDA to issue the Occupancy Certificate (OC) had already led to a loss of over Rs 100 crore in revenue for the BBMP since 2008, Mr Nagaraj claimed, alleging that this was done only to help builders.
He argued that it did not make sense for the BDA to issue the OC when the BBMP collected the penalty for deviations in buildings. Mr Nagaraj felt it was time to set up an umbrella organisation by merging various agencies with the BBMP for better co-ordination among departments for the development of the city.

The Congress leader demanded a CBI or Lok Ayukta inquiry into the projects executed by the BBMP over the last two years.