Resignation letter of N. Mahesh sent to Governor: CM Kumaraswamy
Bengaluru, October 15: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said that the resignation letter given by BSP MLA N. Mahesh to his ministerial post was forwarded to the Governor for further action.
Speaking to reporters at the party office here on Monday, the CM said that Mahesh has given his resignation as per the direction of BSP Chief Mayawati and BSP National General Secretary Satish Mishra has asked him to accept the resignation. There was no relationship between the resignation of Mahesh and the by-elections. The coalition between the JDS and BSP would continue, he said.
“Being the Chief Minister, I have not been misusing the government money. I would not use special flight. Normally, I would travel by car. I am trying my level best to save the public money. Even when I went to Mangaluru, I never used special flight. The allegations that I have been misusing public money are baseless”, he said.
“In my office, 184 persons have been working on contract basis. Another 56 persons were deputed and six persons were outsourced. This is not the decision of only my government. Same system was there in the previous governments too”, he clarified.
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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.
