A severe backlash from residents over banners wishing S. Uday Kumar on his birthday forced the councillor from Hagadur ward to not only apologise but also instruct his supporters to pull down all the banners. Residents had voiced their anger on the Whitefield Rising Facebook page. The councillor publicly castigated his followers and said that he had gone out of the city to celebrate his birthday in a bid to discourage them from disfiguring the neighbourhood with banners.