DK Shivakumar has a big Adani dilemma amid Congress's anti-Adani RaGa

Key points

• DK Shivakumar is set to take over as Karnataka's Chief Minister on June 3, but one of the first major decisions on his table could place him at the centre of a political dilemma.
• The Adani Group has won the bid for the Karnataka's CM-designate's ambitious Bengaluru tunnel road project, a 17-km underground corridor, aimed at easing the city's traffic congestion.
• Th problem is that Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi has often referred to the Adani Group to attack the Modi government, alleging it as an example of crony capitalism.
• The Bengaluru tunnel project, estimated to cost Rs 17,698 crore under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, has been championed by DK Shivakumar (DKS) for years while he was Karnataka's Deputy CM and Bengaluru Development Minister as a transformative infrastructure initiative for Bengaluru.
• With Adani Enterprises emerging as the lowest bidder, the proposal now carries political implications that...