Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Treasurer Gudur Narayana Reddy has claimed that the Telangana Bandh was successful across the State.
Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan on Saturday, Narayana Reddy said that people have given a positive response to the bandh call given by RTC JAC and supported by all opposition parties. He said people have voluntarily closed their shops to express solidarity with the RTC workers who are on strike for the last 14 days.
He alleged that the TRS Government tried to sabotage the bandh using the police. He said several political leaders and activists were illegally detained by the police to foil the agitation. However, he said people came on the roads voluntarily and made the bandh successful. He strongly condemned the arrest of political leaders and demanded their immediate release.
The Congress leader said that the situation has turned so worse that the High Court had to play the role of government to ask RTC management to hold talks with agitating employees. He said action could be taken against Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao for contempt of court. He said that the ministers in the KCR cabinet have no freedom of thought and they are not allowed to make any decisions or action.
He said that lakh of commuters were facing huge inconvenience in the absence of RTC services. However, instead of resolving the problems of RTC employees to end the strike, KCR has been displaying fake ego and utter arrogance. He said KCR was not even willing to talk to RTC unions despite High Court orders. He said this dictatorial attitude would only harm KCR and the countdown for his downfall has already begun.
He challenged CM KCR to take Huzurnagar bye-elections as a referendum. Stating that the Congress party would win the seat with a huge majority, he said the result of Huzurnagar would reflect the real mood of people of Telangana.
