Hyderabad: Even as the strike by the RTC workers entered the 12th day today, a delegation of State BJP leaders called on the Governor Dr Tamilsai Soundararajan at Raj Bhavan and requested her to take Suo moto cognizance of the observations of the High Court and instruct the government to pay salary for all employees of RTC for the work done during the month of September, 2019; to withhold the process of giving RTC land on lease to private parties, including such initiatives which are conceptualized under BOT; to appoint full-time Chairman and Managing Director to manage the affairs of the RTC as per the statute; and to follow the High Court advice and invite the RTC employees for negotiations.
The BJP leaders brought to the notice of the Governor that the RTC employees were on strike for the last 12 days, but there haven’t been any efforts by the government to address the issues raised by the employees nor has it bothered about the acute inconvenience and hardships being faced by the people at large during the festival season. Unfortunately, Government has been obstinate and adamant in its stance and what is baffling is that it is taking recourse to tactics of intimidation to browbeat the RTC employees.
Many believe that the government has been doing this with an ulterior motive of handing over the prime properties of RTC at vantage locations across Telangana to private individuals, individuals who have close proximity to the ruling party. RTC has prime properties all across the state to the extent of 1,500 acres of land and other assets which are worth Rs.80,000 crores.
The employee’s unions allege that the government slowly and steadily is trying to hand over these prime lands to the private parties. Surprisingly, the process of handing over to the private properties is being done without following any norms or procedures, the memorandum said and referred to some examples.
The Memorandum also referred to issues like Non-Payment of Salary for the month of September 2019; two conductors committing suicide; Unwarranted closing down of Educational Institutions in the State; and the High Court’s Observations as having been reported in the media.
The BJP delegation consisted of DR K Laxman, state President, N Ramachander Rao, MLC, Dr. S Malla Reddy, vice-president, and others.
source:-(NSS)
