Warns of launching an agitation on the issue
Communist Party of India (CPI) today demanded the Chief Minister of the state KCR to withdraw his proposals to privatize state-owned TSRTC.
It warned of launching a state-wide agitation if the CM went ahead with his decision to privatize the corporation.
CPI State Secretary Chada Venkat Reddy condemned the statement of the newly appointed TSRTC chairman Bajireddy Govardhan that the state government would privatize the corporation if its workers did not bring it back into profits within the next four months.
He said that it was shocking that the CM, who promised to merge the corporation with the state government, was now planning to privatize it. He said that it was very clear that the CM was following the footsteps of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of privatization.
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He made it clear that the neighboring AP government was running the APSRTC into profits after its merger and added that it was cruel that the Telangana government was planning to privatize the TSRTC instead of merging it to bring it back in profits.
He made it clear that there were many ways to bring the corporation on the path of profits and added that the reduction of the taxes on diesel prices would provide some relief to the corporation.
SOURCE-NSS
