NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday recalled how Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid for his Metro ticket by swiping his own smart card during their ride on Bengaluru’s newly inaugurated Pink Line, saying he did not have money with him at the time.“I did not have money with me. So I told him, ‘You buy my ticket’. He swiped his card for me as well,” news agency PTI quoted Shivakumar as saying.PM Modi shared pictures of the metro ride on Friday and captioned it: “On board the Pink Line. Exceptional infrastructure for a vibrant city like Bengaluru.”
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Asked about his interaction with the Prime Minister, the chief minister said political differences should not affect cooperation on development projects.“See, we all have to work together in the interest of the nation. I said this yesterday as well: politics should be restricted to fighting elections. Let us do politics when it comes to politics. Shouldn’t there be a difference between development and politics? He wants development to happen,” he said.Shivakumar also highlighted Karnataka’s contribution to the national economy, saying the state was the country’s second-highest taxpayer and second-highest GST contributor. He said Karnataka produces 1.5 lakh engineers and 13,940 doctors every year, whose services benefit different parts of the country.PM Modi inaugurated the new Metro corridor on November 13 and travelled on it with Shivakumar, Bengaluru development minister Krishna Byre Gowda and BJP MP Tejasvi Surya.
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