IPL 2025: Karnataka CM to felicitate champions RCB at Vidhana Soudha; no open-bus parade, celebrations planned at Chinnaswamy Stadium
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Karnataka Government to felicitate RCB for maiden IPL win at Vidhana Soudha; traffic advisory issued for event.
The Karnataka Government will host a grand felicitation ceremony on Wednesday (June 4, 2025) for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru team, which won its maiden IPL title after an 18-year wait.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will honour the Rajat Patidar-led squad on the steps of the iconic Vidhana Soudha, the seat of state legislature and secretariat here.
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"I congratulate all the RCB team members, I also congratulate their fans. The whole country and the state is proud of them, RCB has never won the IPL, this is the eighteenth season and they have won and it has made me immensely happy," Mr. Siddaramaiah said.
Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, he said, "At 4 pm, I will felicitate the team on the grand steps of Vidhana Soudha." Home Minister G Parameshwara congratulated the RCB and Virat Kohli, saying the team would be felicitated by the State government and preparations are on.
Mr. Parameshwara lauded Kohli as a role model for his loyalty to a single team for 18 years, emphasising that such dedication and sincerity would ultimately pay off. Also, he expressed satisfaction with Kohli's emotional connection to Bengaluru.
While there were reports of the team's victory parade in an open bus from Vidhana Soudha to Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium here, the Home Minister clarified that there will be no such procession due to security concerns.
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