{"id":498099,"date":"2026-03-27T10:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/498099\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:32:10","slug":"dk-shivakumar-ipl-tickets-they-have-the-right-dk-shivakumar-on-congress-mlas-vip-ipl-ticket-demand-bengaluru-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/498099\/","title":{"rendered":"Dk Shivakumar Ipl Tickets: &#8216;They have the right&#8217;: DK Shivakumar on Congress MLAs &#8216;VIP&#8217; IPL ticket demand | Bengaluru News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774607530_546_-.jpg\" alt=\"'They have the right': DK Shivakumar on Congress MLAs 'VIP' IPL ticket demand\" title=\"Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Friday defended demands by Congress legislators seeking VIP tickets for Indian Premier League (IPL) matches\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Friday defended demands by Congress legislators seeking VIP tickets for Indian Premier League (IPL) matches BENGALURU: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Friday defended demands by Congress legislators seeking VIP tickets for Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, saying they were entitled to them as members of the government.Speaking to reporters, Shivakumar said he would take up the matter with the authorities.\u201cThe MLAs have the right because they are part of the government. I will speak to the chairman to see that our MLAs are accommodated. Let Tejasvi Surya give gyaan to his party members,\u201d he said.The remarks follow calls from Congress MLA Vijayanand Kashappanavar, who suggested that each legislator should receive at least five IPL tickets, arguing that elected representatives are \u201cVIPs\u201d who should not have to wait in line.Another Congress leader, Shivashankarappa, also criticised the alleged lack of access to tickets. \u201cThere is an IPL match going to start on the 28th of this month. Karnataka State Cricket Association has not provided the tickets for the MLAs, ministers, and their families. They are taking all the facilities from the government. But they are not respecting the MLAs. They are not issuing the tickets. They are selling it in black. One ticket, which costs 5,000 rupees, we are buying it for 35,000 rupees,\u201d he said.The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced that the first phase of Indian Premier League 2026 will be held from 28 March to 12 April.<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Should there be a quota for elected representatives at major events like IPL?<\/p>\n<p> Separately, Shivakumar also spoke about his recent visit to Assam ahead of the assembly elections scheduled for 9 April. He expressed confidence that the Congress would form the next government in the state.\u201cI am very confident that there will be a change in Assam and a Congress government will come to power,\u201d he said, calling the current BJP-led administration the \u201cmost corrupt\u201d in the state\u2019s history.He also took aim at the BJP over recent bypoll claims, saying, \u201cThey could not retain the CM&#8217;s son&#8217;s seat.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p> Watch<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;All 140 MLAs Are Mine&#8217;: DK Shivakumar Amid Karnataka CM Speculation; Siddaramaiah Responds <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Friday defended demands by Congress legislators seeking VIP tickets for Indian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[175231,39411,39410,39412,39413,175230,175229,175227,1721,175225,102057,175226,156407,101,39414,56,54,55,175228],"class_list":{"0":"post-498099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-assam-assembly-elections-2024","9":"tag-bengaluru-latest-news","10":"tag-bengaluru-news","11":"tag-bengaluru-news-live","12":"tag-bengaluru-news-today","13":"tag-bjp-assam-elections","14":"tag-congress-government-assam","15":"tag-congress-legislators-vip-tickets","16":"tag-cricket","17":"tag-dk-shivakumar-ipl-tickets","18":"tag-indian-premier-league-2026","19":"tag-karnataka-ipl-tickets","20":"tag-karnataka-state-cricket-association","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-today-news-bengaluru","23":"tag-uk","24":"tag-united-kingdom","25":"tag-unitedkingdom","26":"tag-vijayanand-kashappanavar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}