Kerala Transport Minister C.P. John draws flak over remarks on women using UDF’s free bus travel Priyadarshini scheme
Backlash after Minister allegedly suggested that a significant section of women were ‘pretending to be poor' to avail themselves of free travel on KSRTC ordinary-class buses under UDF government’s flagship scheme
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