"Buy My Ticket Too": DK Shivakumar Recalls Metro Ride With PM Modi

Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday recalled a humorous exchange with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their Metro journey during the Pink Line Metro inauguration on November 13, saying he had asked the Prime Minister to buy his ticket as he did not have money."I told him that I did not have money to buy a Metro ticket and asked him to buy my ticket as well. PM Modi paid for the tickets using his own card," Shivakumar said while responding to questions from the media.Further asked about his close relationship and bonding with Prime Minister Modi and what they discussed while travelling together in a helicopter to Mysuru, Shivakumar said, "I cannot reveal everything that we discussed."Responding to a question that he gets time with PM Modi, which even BJP leaders may not get, the Chief Minister said it was a matter of human relationships and mutual respect."Even our party leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge also treat me with love and respect.

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