Bengaluru, June 7 -- Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday opted to travel by Bengaluru's Namma metro to visit his home village in the Kanakpura constituency. This is Shivakumar's first visit to his home constituency since assuming the office of Chief Minister a few days ago.

Shivakumar travelled from Vidhana Soudha metro to Central Silk Board junction via the metro, interacting with the public. Travelling with his security detail, the Chief Minister was seen greeting people, while others wanted to take pictures with him and have a chat.

The Chief Minister said that instead of troubling people with traffic disruptions due to convoy movement, he chose to travel 45 minutes by metro instead.

"I don't want to waste the time of t...