After massive outrage, Transport Minister issues order banning tobacco advertisements in state RTCs
Bengaluru: Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy has issued an order directing all four state transport corporations to immediately ban direct and indirect advertisements promoting tobacco products on their buses, within bus stand premises and bus stops.
This comes after massive outrage from the public over bus-wrap out-of-home (OOH) advertisements displayed on state-run buses across Karnataka.
In the order, the minister has directed that no advertisements encouraging the consumption of tobacco products should be displayed on buses operated by the transport corporations or at bus stands with immediate effect.
The order further states that if any such advertisements are already in place, a specific timeline must be fixed for their removal.
“Strict instructions have been issued to the concerned authorities to ensure that all tobacco-related advertisements are removed within the stipulated period,” the order added.
Speaking to Vartha Bharathi, an official said that, “the directive applies to all four transport corporations, KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC, and KKRTC. The managing directors of the respective corporations will be responsible for ensuring the removal of the advertisements and overseeing compliance.”
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BJP lashes out at Prakash Raj for his demand for screening Palestinian movies at BIFF
Bengaluru (PTI): The BJP on Friday hit out at actor Prakash Raj for demanding screening of Palestinian movies during the 17th Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFF).
Raj, who has been named as the BIFF’s ambassador by the Karnataka government, slammed the Centre for restricting Palestinian movies in India.
“The Centre is not allowing the screening of Palestinian movies in the BIFF this year. What is this? How we should protest against it?
As the BIFF Ambassador I request Chief Minister Siddaramaiah that he should take a firm decision on this,” Raj said on Thursday.
He said when the people of Karnataka celebrate the Booker Award to Banu Mushtaq for her novel ‘Heart Lamp’, which is given by others, how can Indians accept restricting others’ stories.
In support of Palestinian cinema, he recited a poem and urged the government to resist politicisation of cultural exchange programmes.
Flaying Prakash Raj, BJP MLA Mahesh Tenginkai said why he is not demanding screening of movies on the Hindu genocide in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
"The ban on Palestinian movie has been decided from the top. I would like to ask those who oppose the government's decision that why they do not demand screening of movies on Hindu genocide in Bangladesh and Pakistan,” the Hubballi-Dharwad Central MLA told reporters here.
He said the Centre was right in banning the screening of Palestinian movies.
