‘Khali Trunk Govt’: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya Detained In Bengaluru For Protesting Against Metro Fare Hike

Bengaluru (Karnataka): BJP MP Tejasvi Surya turned into detained and later launched by police on Monday come Jayanagar Metro web site in Bengaluru, where he attempted to stage yet any other negate against the ruling Congress authorities in Karnataka for the proposed hike in metro fares.

The BJP MP turned into served a watch the day earlier than this day for staging a negate on the Metro web site with out prior notification to the police.

This comes amid the continuing dispute between the Congress-led Karnataka authorities and the Centre, with every blaming the opposite for the proposed metro fare hike.

In an X post, following his birth, Tejasvi Surya slammed the Karnataka authorities, alleging “broken” funds. He asked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to revive cash make stronger to Bengaluru’s ‘Namma Metro’.

“Arresting me won’t silence me! Shameful that the Congress government arrested me for exposing the truth: That this is a ‘Khali Trunk’ Govt. That Karnataka’s finances are broken, and citizens are paying the price through rising Metro fares and soaring costs. No more excuses. The Chief Minister must present a White Paper in the Budget and answer one question: Why are the State’s finances weak, as you have admitted before FFC? Why is it becoming unaffordable in Karnataka? Why is the State increasing prices every day? Fix the finances, restore shadow cash support to Metro, and Metro fares will fall. Anything else is deception,” the BJP MP wrote.

Earlier on Sunday, Tejasvi Surya acknowledged the Karnataka authorities many cases asked the Fare Fixation Committee to extend metro fares. He further acknowledged that the negate authorities proposed rising Bengaluru metro fares by 5 per cent, declaring that this would burden commuters and urging the negate to behavior periodic fare revisions as mandated by law.

Meanwhile, Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao slammed the BJP for politicising the reveal, asserting that CM Siddaramaiah has already written to the Centre, which has an equal stake in Bengaluru’s ‘Namma Metro’, to now not extend the prices.

“Unnecessarily, the BJP people want to make politics out of everything. The metro is run by the State and Central government, and it is a separate corporation. CM has already written to the Government of India not to increase the fare. Now, Tejasvi Surya is saying that they are not going to increase, so let there be an official order, then we will see,” the Karnataka minister urged reporters here.