An incident occurs during the launch of Kerala’s women’s free bus travel scheme “Priyadarshini,” when kheer (payasam) spills on a minister inside a KSRTC bus. NDTV and The Times of India report that the minister, Bindu Krishna, is travelling as part of the scheme’s launch programme. The bus is crowded, and Congress workers who have boarded the bus to greet her bring payasam to offer her. During the interaction, the payasam spills on her inside the vehicle.
The “Priyadarshini” scheme is described across sources as allowing free travel for women on ordinary state buses. The government reimburses the transport corporation, which runs KSRTC services. Both outlets frame the episode as a brief mishap occurring during a public launch event rather than a disruption of the scheme itself. The reports focus on what happened on the bus and the scheme’s stated objective of women’s empowerment and improved mobility.
