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Shivakumar recalls asking Modi to buy his Metro ticket
Published: 14/11/26 15:39
Bengaluru | India
Bengaluru, Nov 14 (UNI) Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar may have shared the Metro ride with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of Bengaluru's Pink Line, but it was a light-hearted exchange at the ticket counter that has now emerged as a memorable anecdote from the occasion. Recounting the November 13 journey, Shivakumar said he jokingly told Modi that he did not have money to buy his Metro ticket and asked the Prime Minister to pay for it as well. "I don't have money. You pay for my ticket too," Shivakumar recalled telling Modi, triggering a lighter moment during…