Karnataka: Kumaraswamy doubles down on NICE toll boycott, tells motorists ‘Don’t fear FIRs, Don’t pay’

Bengaluru: Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on August 21 reiterated his appeal to motorists not to pay the toll on the NICE Road, intensifying the ongoing dispute between vehicle users and toll plaza operators. Speaking to mediapersons in Bengaluru, Kumaraswamy alleged that the NICE organisation was collecting toll illegally and accused the state government of allowing arbitrary increases in toll…