Bengaluru: The success and popularity of its ‘PayCM’ campaign has led the Congress to put forth a new demand before the Karnataka chief minister, asking, ‘SayCM’.

The Congress had earlier warned that it would demand answers to questions regarding the promises made and fulfilled by the BJP government.

Now, sharing the new SayCM poster on its Twitter handle, the Congress has said that it had made a demand, ‘BJP, do you have the answers?’ (BJP, Nimma Hattira Ideya Uttara?), followed by 50 questions to the government about the administration.

“We have not received a single reply so far,” the Congress has said on social media.

“The BJP has failed to fulfill 90% of the 613 promises it made in its election manifesto. The chief minister has to reply for such a failure,” the Congress has demanded.

 “For the commission you receive, fulfilling an acceptable fraction of manifesto promises would have been enough. While you receive a commission of 40 per cent, you have left 90 of the promises unfulfilled,” the government has been told.

“The government is blind towards development activities; the ministers turn a deaf ear towards questions. Will they speak about their own promises at least? Will the CM reply?” the Congress has been asking on social media. 

Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.



Bengaluru (PTI): A day after a video of a man seen in a disoriented state went viral on social media with claims that he was under the influence of a so-called “zombie drug”, police on Friday arrested a 29-year-old employee of a private firm here for uploading the “misleading” video.

Hemanth, a resident of Vidyaranyapura, was issued a notice to join the inquiry, police said.

Learning that the police were looking for him, he posted an apology on social media. He was later taken into custody, a senior police officer said.

A case has been registered against him under Sections 353(2), relating to statements conducing to public mischief, including spreading false information or rumours that could incite public disorder, and Section 352, dealing with intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace, among others, under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, police added.

After Hemanth uploaded the video, it quickly went viral on Thursday.

Later, police clarified that the man shown in a disoriented state in the video had not consumed any narcotic or psychotropic substance.

He was subjected to a medical examination, and the report confirmed that there was no trace of narcotic substances, Bengaluru police said.

The police also urged the public not to spread unverified or misleading information on social media platforms, as such content can create unnecessary panic and harm individuals’ reputations.

The footage, which circulated widely on social media, showed the man standing motionless. People claimed he might be under the influence of a synthetic “zombie drug” and raised concerns about its availability in the city.

An inquiry revealed that the individual seen in the video had come to Bengaluru in search of a livelihood and had been residing there for the past three months, police said, adding that further investigation is ongoing.

The police warned that strict action will be taken against persons found spreading false information or rumours.