"Shakti effect": Law student offers garland made of free bus tickets to CM Siddaramaiah

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was in for a pleasant surprise when a first-year law student presented him a garland made from free bus tickets.

The gesture was seen as a way to express her gratitude towards Siddaramaiah for launching ‘Shakti’ guarantee scheme, one of the five key pre-poll promises of the Congress.

Unveiled in June last year, the scheme offers free ride to women in non-luxury government buses within the state.