This was followed by a clarification issued by the Karnataka Chief Minister's Office on Tuesday about the recent fare hike, where the CMO stated that the "opposition party, BJP, is, as usual, spreading false and misleading information, accusing the state government and misleading the public.
In light of the opposition to the fare hike of Bengaluru Metro Rail, Karnataka Chief Minister's office presented some clarificarions to the people of Bengaluru through an official statement on Tuesday.
"The Congress government is unable to raise resources to fulfil their poll guarantees... The KSRTC and bus department of Karnataka are virtually bankrupt and on the verge of closing... BJP opposes this anti-people move. We demand the CM to take back this decision of price hike," Karnataka BJ
Criticizing the move, he stated, "Since coming to power, this government has made it a routine to burden the public, and the people are forced to bear it."
The Karnataka government is facing a backlash from the opposition BJP following its decision to hike bus fares across all four state-run transport corporations by 15 per cent.
Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka slammed the Congress government over the hike and said that there was no money in the pocket of the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah which is why he resorted to the hike.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala on Friday slammed the Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government's decision to hike bus fares, calling it the Congress party's "khata khata loot model".
Karnataka's 15 pc bus fare hike is expected to generate a significant additional revenue of Rs 74.85 crore monthly and approximately Rs 784 crore yearly. This revision aims to partially offset the financial burden of the state's flagship Shakti scheme, which provides free bus travel for w
Karnataka Minister HK Patil announces the creation of a separate corporation for Dharwad and a 15% increase in KSRTC bus fares, set to take effect from January 5. The hike is expected to generate Rs 74.84 crore monthly.
Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) Chairman SR Srinivas has said that a bus fare hike is unavoidable due to rising oil prices. He explained that it has been five years since the last fare increase in 2019, and current economic conditions necessitate an adjustment to cover ope
The telecom service provider has announced the price hike across all plans including 3 pre-paid unlimited voice plans, 9 pre-paid daily data plans, 3 pre-paid data add-on plans and 4 post-paid plans.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 10 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party's Telangana President Bandi Sanjay Kumar has been put under house observation on Friday over a protest against Road Transport Corporation (RTC) fare hike in the state.