The nation-wide transportation strike called by the All-India Co-ordination Committee of Road Transport Workers’ Organisations saw a lukewarm response in the city.
Almost all public transport services, including BMTC buses were plying as usual. Even drivers affiliated to cab aggregators such as Ola and Uber did not take part. Some autorickshaw drivers affiliated to CITU, which supported the strike, stayed off the roads.
The strike was called against the regressive provisions of the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill, 2017, and rise in prices of petroleum products.
Accepting that the strike was a failure in Karnataka, K. Prakash, vice-president, CITU-Karnataka, said, “It was unfortunate that AITUC, which is part of the Co-ordination Committee of Road Transport Workers’ Organisation opposed the strike in the State. Due to this a lot of workers’ stayed away. However, the response was good in other parts of the country.”
Earlier, a rally was taken out from Town Hall to Freedom Park where the workers decided to hand over a memorandum to the Governor. However, they were not allowed to meet him.
