Bengaluru, Feb. 9 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday said that it was the State government that took the decision to withhold the proposed metro fare hike, adding that the Centre had no role in it.

Addressing a press conference in Vidhana Soudha, the Deputy CM, who also holds the Bengaluru Development portfolio, said, "There is no politics in this. The Centre doesn't have any rights to direct us or interfere in this. The letter sent by the Centre doesn't carry any weight. I have asked officials to revisit the fare hike by reworking the numbers."

"I was under the impression that they would call for a meeting in Delhi about the metro fare hike. I was also eagerly waiting for their decision. There is more politics i...