A Karnataka Minister has refused to fall in line with the Central government’s ban on red beacons on VIP vehicles, saying he would remove it if Chief Minister Siddaramaiah instructs him to do so.
“If the Chief Minister asks me to remove the red beacon light, I will obey his instruction and remove it,” Food and Civil Supplies Minister U.T. Khader said.
Mr. Khader said it was the State government that had given him the car with a red beacon light, not the Central government, and he had no right to alter it.
“I do not have power to alter my car. It is left to the Cabinet to decide,” he told reporters here on Monday.
Mr. Khader also said he would not object to the ban on red beacon lights on VIP vehicles but most importantly, the Centre should bring in schemes which would feed the hungry and provide education.
The aim of the government should be to raise the people to the level of VIPs, he added.
