YSRCP terms free bus scheme as fraud
'With limitations to only five bus types—Palle Velugu, Ultra Palle Velugu, City Ordinary, Express, and Metro Express, excluding non-stop, inter-state, Saptagiri Express, Ultra Deluxe, Super Luxury, Star Liner, and all AC services, how can women feasibly visit sacred places like Tirumala without endless bus changes and days of travel,' Reddy questioned, highlighting the scheme's impracticality for long-distance or inter-district routes.
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