BJP WORKERS STORM KSRTC BUS STAND
Filed by Omkar/Cld by Kattimani TIMES NEWS NETWORK Chitradurga: Tension prevailed at the KSRTC bus stand in Chitradurga on Friday as BJP workers staged a protest against the state govt’s decision to increase bus fares, alleging that the hike had placed an additional financial burden on poor and middle-class families.
EOM/06.11.2026/ Omkar Murthy Stay updated with the latest Hubballi news. The protest, organised by the BJP district unit, turned heated when police placed barricades at the entrance and prevented the demonstrators from entering the bus stand. Angry protesters engaged in a heated argument with police personnel, followed by brief pushing and shoving between the two sides. Eventually, the BJP workers managed to enter the bus stand, sat in front of a bus and staged a sit-in protest for nearly an hour. They raised slogans against the Congress govt and chief minister D.K. Shivakumar, demanding an immediate withdrawal of the fare hike. Addressing the protesters, BJP leaders alleged that govt had increased the prices of milk and curd and subsequently raised BMTC and KSRTC bus fares, making everyday life more expensive for ordinary people. They accused govt of shifting the financial burden of its guarantee schemes onto the public. The BJP leaders demanded that the chief minister convene a Cabinet meeting and reconsider the decision. They warned of statewide protests if govt failed to roll back the fare hike. BJP district president K.T. Kumaraswamy, district general secretaries Madhuri Girish, Venkatesh Yadav, G.H. Mohan, Dr Manju and hundreds of party workers participated in the protest. Download the TOI App.