Bengaluru, July 6 -- Janata Dal (Secular) State Youth President Nikhil Kumaraswamy on Monday criticised the Congress government over the condition of Karnataka's public transport system, alleging that a KKRTC bus was forced to run at night with a mobile torch as a headlight due to a lack of maintenance funds.

He also claimed that the state government had failed to issue the Letter of Award (LoA) for 4,500 electric buses allotted to the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) under the PM E-DRIVE Scheme.

In a post on X, the JD(S) youth leader criticised the Congress government over the condition of the state's public transport system and alleged administrative failures in deploying new buses.

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