{"id":119507,"date":"2026-07-06T12:35:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/red-blue-saffron-buses-in-bengal-show-changing-colours-of-politics\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:35:52","slug":"red-blue-saffron-buses-in-bengal-show-changing-colours-of-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/red-blue-saffron-buses-in-bengal-show-changing-colours-of-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Red, blue, saffron: Buses in Bengal show changing colours of politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kolkata&#8217;s government buses are undergoing a significant colour change, shifting from blue-and-white to saffron, a move the transport minister attributes to modernization and a &#8220;dynamic double-engine regime.&#8221; This rebranding extends to e-tickets, with officials maintaining it&#8217;s not a formal policy shift. However, critics argue cosmetic changes distract from critical issues like driver shortages and declining fleet strength, with commuters prioritizing reliability over political symbolism.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kolkata&#8217;s government buses are undergoing a significant colour change, shifting from blue-and-white to saffron, a move the transport minister attributes to modernization and a &#8220;dynamic double-engine regime.&#8221; This rebranding extends to e-tickets, with officials maintaining it&#8217;s not a formal policy shift. However, critics argue cosmetic changes distract from critical issues like driver shortages and declining&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/red-blue-saffron-buses-in-bengal-show-changing-colours-of-politics\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Red, blue, saffron: Buses in Bengal show changing colours of politics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":119508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119507"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}