Congress-JDS campaign jointly for by-poll: Deve Gowda
Bengaluru, October 15: Former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda said that both the Congress and JDS would campaign jointly for the Lok Sabha and Assembly by-poll.
Speaking to reporters at his residence at Padmanabhanagar here on Monday, Gowda said that the Congress-JDS have come together to form the government in the state and now, both the parties would face the by-election together. The Congress has allowed the JDS to field its candidates in Ramanagar Assembly segment, and Mandya and Shivamogga LS seats and Congress would field its candidates in Ballary and Jamkhandi, he said.
By tomorrow, all candidates would file their nomination papers. Later, campaigning would start in each constituency. He would also participate in the by-poll campaigning. Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Minister D.K Shivakumar and Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy would jointly campaign for the by-election, he said.
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BMTC collects over Rs 19 lakh as fine from those travelling without tickets, occupying ladies seat
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.
The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.
According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.
"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.
