Target all Lok Sabha seats in 2019: Amit Shah to Bengal BJP
Kolkata, June 27: Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah on Wednesday asked the party's West Bengal leadership to strive for victory in 100 per cent Lok Sabha seats in the state in the coming 2019 general election, a state BJP leader said here.
Shah, on a two day tour of the state, has also asked the state leaders not to compromise with Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on any front.
"Shah has asked us to fight for victory in all 42 Lok Sabha seats here. He asked us to target big for the 2019 elections, so that we come up with a good result.
"He also said the party leadership here should take the fight to Trinamool Congress," said a senior state BJP leader present at the party's election management team meeting.
State BJP chief Dilip Ghosh, BJP MP and Union Minister Babul Supriyo, party's national secretary Rahul Sinha, state women wing President Locket Chatterjee were among those present at the meeting.
The saffron outfit had previously set a target of 22 Lok Sabha seats from Bengal for next year's general election.
Shah, who arrived in the city on Wednesday afternoon, is scheduled to hold meetings with Bengal BJP's election committee, social media cell and core committee and would also address a section of the state's intellectuals during the day.
"Shah's visit to Bengal has triggered an earthquake in the Trinamool Congress. They are trying to hold a public meeting in Purulia district within three days of Shah's visit there.
"They are in such a bad shape right now that their activists pulled down many of our hoardings welcoming Amit Shahji in the Kolkata airport area. Such activities by TMC prove that BJP President's visit is making them shiver," BJP National Secretary Rahul Sinha told reporters here.
"We are sure that Shah's visit and activities here would hugely benefit the party," he added.
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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.
