As main events in Karnataka have launched into yatras within the run-up to the 2023 Meeting elections, Opposition chief Siddaramaiah has unveiled an ultra-luxury bus for use for his yatra, one of many two introduced by the Congress.
Whereas the Congress yatras are scheduled for January, Siddaramaiah took a trial run of the bus on Sunday by travelling to Kolar together with just a few different leaders. Movies displaying options of the bus had been shared on social media.
Whereas BJP has deliberate two Rath Yatras to cowl all of the 224 constituencies, the Opposition JD(S) has launched a Panchajanya Yatra led by former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy.
After Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra handed via Karnataka, the Congress state unit introduced two yatras—one underneath state president D Okay Shivakumar and the opposite led by Siddaramaiah.
The air-conditioned bus is from the Japanese firm Isuzu and is altered to seat six individuals, with snug pushback seats and a desk within the center. 4 seats are positioned on one facet of the bus, with two seats on the opposite facet separated by a small walkway.
It additionally consists of a sleeping space with a double mattress and an hooked up rest room. Close to the driving force’s seat is a platform on which four-five individuals can stand. It may be lifted via the sunroof of the bus to permit Siddaramaiah to marketing campaign from the bus itself.
In response to sources in Siddaramaiah’s workplace, the bus was rented out for the previous chief minister by the Congress’s Hebbal MLA, Byrati Suresh.
Such campaigns had been taken out forward of previous elections as properly. In 1999 S M Krishna, who was then state Congress president, launched into a state tour on a bus.
Extra not too long ago, in 2017, Kumaraswamy campaigned on a bus that was estimated to have price round Rs 1 crore.