Mangaluru, Dec 01: Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is 'daydreaming' of heading the next government after the December 5 by-polls, BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel said here on Saturday.

He said Siddaramaiah had claimed during the last election that he would be the next chief Minister and he was just repeating it.

"Can the Congress and JD(S) come together again to form a coalition government after the by-elections"? he asked.

Kateel expressed the hope that BJP would secure 15 seats in the by-polls and the Yediyurappa government will be safe.

He was speaking to reporters at his newly renovated office.

BJP general secretary B L Santhosh inaugurated the new office of the MP.

District in-charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary, Mangalore South MLA Vedavyasa Kamath, North MLA Bharath Y Shetty, Sullia MLA S Angara, Puttur MLA Sanjeev Matandoor, Bantwal MLA Rajesh Naik and others were present.

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Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will operate 1000 additional special services in view of the Christmas festival.

In addition to the existing schedule, the special services will run on 19.12.2025, 20.12.2025 and 24.12.2025. Further, special buses will be operated from various places of intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 26.12.2025 & 28.12.2025.

Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.

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Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.

The corporation has also announced a discount of 5 per cent on the fare if four or more passengers book tickets under a single reservation. A discount of 10 per cent will be extended on return journey tickets if onward and return tickets are booked simultaneously.

In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.