UNION Minister HD Kumaraswamy and BJP leaders expressed displeasure at the government's decision to increase bus fares by 15%. Senior BJP leaders staged a protest against the bus fare hike by presenting flowers to commuters and "apologizing" to them on behalf of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R Ashoka said not just the bus fare hike, the government will soon increase milk prices and water tariffs.
Meanwhile, Kumaraswamy said since coming to power, the Congress government has made it a routine policy to burden the public and people are forced to bear it.
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