With the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation’s (TSRTC) strike entering the fourth day on Tuesday, striking unions were on the warpath with the State government as they declared they would now seek a removal of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao from power.
Speaking to The Hindu , TSRTC Joint Action Committee leader said that the body would meet with leaders from Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress, Telangana Jana Samithi and other unions at the Press Club in Somajiguda. The parties, they said, would extend their support to the striking unions.
"What the CM is doing is dictatorship. This is wrong. We worked for Telangana, this is not it. He wants to take our jobs, but now we will work to take away his job," TSRTC JAC leader Thomas Reddy said.
Meanwhile, TSRTC management confirmed that as compared to the rush of passengers which began in the last week of September, the inflow of passengers at bus stations – Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station and the Jubilee Bus Station – was much lesser.
“We have done our best to deal with the strike and clear passengers during the festival season. Today, since it is the day of the holiday, there is no rush of passengers at both MGBS and JBS. Like the first day of strike, private conductors and drivers are working today,” a TSRTC officer who did not wish to be identified, said.
He said that given the flow of passengers and the fact that Tuesday is a public holiday, a lesser number of special buses and hired buses are likely to be pressed into service.
Despite this, city commuters continued to express concerns over bus services. They pointed out that there is a need to break the logjam between the government and striking TSRTC unions and restore all bus services.
