Karnataka transport minister Ramalinga Reddy on Friday responded to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's ‘world record’ post being deleted after it faced online scrutiny.

Reddy clarified that the post, which celebrated two “world records” for Karnataka's Shakti scheme, had been removed to “avoid distraction”, India Today reported.

Siddaramaiah's post had highlighted two recognitions presented to the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) by the London Book of World Records - later fact-checked as unauthentic.

The cited awards included the KSRTC having received 464 national and international honours since 1997, and the state facilitating the highest number of free bus journeys for women under the Shakti scheme.

However, Community Notes- a fact-checking feature on X-flagged the post

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