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Who is paying for Bengaluru Metro? Congress-BJP spar ahead of Pink Line launch

Ahead of Bengaluru Metro inauguration, a political row has erupted between the Congress and BJP over who is shouldering the bigger share of the project's cost. While DK…

Who is paying for Bengaluru Metro? Congress-BJP spar ahead of Pink Line launch
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Ahead of Bengaluru Metro inauguration, a political row has erupted between the Congress and BJP over who is shouldering the bigger share of the project's cost. While DK Shivakumar claims Karnataka bears 84 per cent, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya disputes the calculation. Minister Krishna Byre Gowda also alleges his speech was dropped from the event schedule.

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