Continuing his tirade against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, senior Congress leader B. Janardhana Poojary on Tuesday said the Chief Minister should have held negotiations with the striking road transport corporation (RTC) workers to prevent inconvenience to general public and loss to the government.
“It is still not late. The Chief Minister should keep aside his ego and hold dialogue with striking workers,” Mr. Poojary told presspersons here. Supporting the RTC workers, he said their grievances should have been heard.
Mr. Poojary alleged that while people of Karnataka had elected the Congress with lot of hopes and expectations, Mr. Siddaramaiah, who refused to listen, was ruining the party in the State.
He said Karnataka had given two ‘wonderful’ Union Ministers for Labour — Oscar Fernandes and M. Mallikarjuna Kharge. Praising Mr. Fernandes for cleverly averting a national trade union strike, Mr. Poojary said Mr. Siddaramaiah should have consulted these leaders to address the RTC strike.
