Bengaluru, Feb 9 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, R. Ashoka, said on Monday that there is no role of the Central government in the Metro ticket fare hike announced in the state. The Opposition leader added that if the Centre is indeed responsible for the metro ticket fare increase, the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah should write a letter to the Union government stating that the state will not accept any fare hike for the next two years.Addressing a press conferen…
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Bengaluru, Feb 9 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP has lodged a police complaint against the office-bearers of the Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee, accusing them of hatching a conspiracy to provoke people against the Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi by using false posters and attempting to create a law and order situation in the state.A delegation comprising Bengaluru North District President S. Harish, Bengaluru Central District President Saptagiri Gowda, and Bengaluru South District P…
Bengaluru, Feb 5 (IANS) Responding to criticism by the BJP against the Congress-led government over the Metro fare hike, Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday said that the issue does not fall under the jurisdiction of the state government and that no proposal in this regard has been received by him so far.Reacting to the BJP’s criticism of the state government, Shivakumar said party leaders should raise the issue with their own Union ministers and ques…
Bengaluru, Feb 5 (IANS) BJP National Youth President and Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya on Thursday met Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar and submitted a memorandum criticising the Congress-led Karnataka government’s decision to hike Bengaluru Metro fares, while demanding the reconstitution of the Fare Fixation Committee for the city’s Metro network.Taking to social media, Surya stated, “Karnataka’s Congress-led state government has pushed through a steep…