Bengaluru, Oct. 5 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday recommended renaming the Namma Metro to 'Basava Metro' to honour the 12th-century social reformer Basavanna.

Addressing a public gathering, CM Siddaramaiah said that he would forward the proposal to the Central government.

In a post on X, CM Siddaramaiah said if it were entirely a state government project, he would have declared it as such immediately.

https://x.com/siddaramaiah/status/1974772750729568588

"I will recommend to the central government to name our metro as "Basava Metro." If this were entirely a state government project, I would have announced it as "Basava Metro" today itself. We have many castes and many religions among us. In the Chaturvarna system, w...