Comment by whyagaindavid
8 hours ago
This happened post COVID - to help poor. A few states did that - saw electoral gains. It is not nationwide.
There is also a misconception. It is not in all public transport. In TN state, it is on select buses - slower buses only.
In Kerala, its not for poor. Its for all women. If the women is traveling with a 5 year old boy, she has to pay for the boy though.
I wrote to serve poor. In a way, women are financially marginalised in most of humanity. So nothing wrong about that.