Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that he will place a proposal before the Centre to name the Bangalore Metro Rail project, popularly referred to as "Namma Metro", after the 12th century social reformer Basavanna.

The CM was speaking at the closing ceremony of the 'Basava Culture Campaign-2025' organised to mark the anniversary of "Vishwaguru Basavanna" being declared as the "Karnataka Cultural Leader" in the presence of seers and gurus of various Lingayat maths.

"Metro project is by both the state and central government. Our (state) share may be more at 87 per cent, 13 per cent by the Centre, but still, without central government's approval, we cannot do anything. I will place this proposal before the central government," Siddaramaiah said, respondin

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