However, the electronic boards and seating facilities are yet to be opened for the public due to the reasons best known to the authorities concerned. No one working at Putani Express station is ready to explain why these facilities remain inaccessible to the public.
Narendra D Modi and his party campaigned in these elections uncharacteristically without any big ideas.
Of course, winning each election at all costs could be a big idea as well, observes Shekhar Gupta.
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Last November, the Basavaraj S Bommai government had declared its intention to establish a university in every district. However, the Siddaramaiah Government believes that this decision, made last November, lacks rationale and was driven by self-interest. This implies that the universities proposed for Chamarajanagar, Kodagu, Hassan, Koppal, Bidar, Haveri, Bagalkot, and Mandya may not come to fruition.