We will not tolerate attempts to threaten government with PILs, Stay orders, says DyCM ShivakumarBengaluru: Coming down heavily on garbage contractors trying to prevent state government from rolling out garbage tendering process, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday cautioned them that the govt will not tolerate their intimidating tactics, including filing Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and obtaining stay orders. DyCM’s strong words come in the backdrop of a stay issued by the Karnataka High Court on the state govt’s fresh tender to address garbage disposal in Bengaluru.Addressing media persons in Vidhana Soudha, on the sidelines of a walkathon organised by the Environment, Ecology department and Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), DK Shivakumar said, “Regardless of the work the state govt takes up, some groups are constantly resorting to intimidating tactics by filing PILs or obtaining stay orders from the courts just to threaten the govt. But we will not tolerate this, and such tactics will not work.“Hitting out sharply at garbage contractors who have been trying to prevent the state govt from rolling out fresh tenders to address the garbage disposal problem in Bengaluru, Shivakumar questioned, “Aren’t we supposed to clean Bengaluru?” Responding to a question on the High Court’s stay on rolling out garbage tenders, he said, “I will look into the orders of the court.”Terming the garbage contractors of Bengaluru as a ‘mafia’, Shivakumar further explained, “Previously, there were 89 tenders. All those who bagged these tenders have now come together and formed a group. This is nothing but a mafia. They all think that they can mislead us. But we will expose them in the court and apprise the court about their actions. We will mercilessly remove those trying to obstruct us and provide opportunities to new players to develop Bengaluru.“This is not the first time that Shivakumar has hit out strongly at the garbage mafia of Bengaluru. During the budget session of the state legislature in March 2025, Shivakumar told the legislature that all contractors formed a cartel to fight the govt and expressed unhappiness that a few of the MLAs are also part of this blackmailing process.