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“Why should Tender-SURE roads be concentrated in select constituencies? “Though BBMP announced a set of 50 roads to be renovated under TenderSURE last year, floating of tenders and other related progress has been made only in the case of roads in Congress constituencies. BENGALURU: The ruling Congress is paving its way to the elections, quite literally, says the opposition, pointing out that a majority of the 50 stretches taken up for renovation are in assembly constituencies represented by Congressmen. Only 10-odd roads are in BJP or JD(S) constituencies: Rajajinagar, Jayanagar and Chamarajpet are home to only one or two stretches each.Padmanabha Reddy, leader of opposition in the BBMP council, said Congress is misusing its administrative powers to please voters in its constituencies. Redevelopment of stretches like Sampige Road in Malleswaram, those in Whitefield under Mahadevapura and Lalbagh Road remains only on paper,” Reddy said.Mayor R Sampath Raj said there was no bias in the selection of roads under TenderSURE..