The latest demolition drive in the city being carried out by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike, to clear its storm-water drains of encroachments has drawn a lot of flak from the denizens and the property owners who suffered the wrath. Now swords are being pulled out for legal action.Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Member of Parliament of the upper house told Bangalore Mirror, “The residents are suffering due to the apathy of the state government and many have even lost their lifelong savings that they invested to build the houses, which were demolished by the civic body. It is time that the state government pays for its negligence.”The MP is compiling a list of laws and rules that were flouted by the government while carrying out the demolition drive or the circumstances that lead to it, for prosecuting the officials and to seek compensation for the owners whose houses were demolished by BBMP.He told Bangalore Mirror that he will support the victims and back their fight and fund their legal battle to sue the state government and help them get compensation for their lost property as it was the government agencies that failed in regulating unrelenting encroachments carried out in connivance with stipulated authorities that were otherwise there to control them. He said, “Every time something goes wrong in the city, the state government and its agencies resort to a blame-game without taking onus of the incident, which is the sign of bad governance. The recent demolitions are an act of criminal conspiracy against the general public who were caught unaware and had to pay for a mistake, which in most cases have not been committed by them.” The city earlier had a planned way of executing developmental work, but in the last decade the system has gone rotten.