BJP & Congress trade barbs over Bengaluru Metro fare hike plan

Bengaluru: Even as Bengalureans worry that a proposed 5% hike in Namma Metro fares in Feb could further pinch household budgets, the issue has snowballed into a full-blown political slugfest between the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP, with both sides trading blame and absolving themselves of responsibility.

The debate, which comes in the run-up to the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) elections, got high decibel after Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya attacked the state govt and Namma Metro operator BMRCL, accusing them of allowing “fare anomalies” and demanding the constitution of a new fare fixation committee (FFC).