Revanth asks TGSRTC workers to withdraw strike

Hyderabad:
Telangana chief minister
A
Revanth Reddy
has urged Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) workers to withdraw their proposal to go on strike from May 7 and discuss their issues with the transport minister. He assured that the state govt was committed to resolving their issues. He said the TGSRTC was just started to come back on track to make profits and a workers' strike would hamper the interests of the organisation and it was the responsibility of the workers to protect the organisation.
"The state govt would spend the entire revenue of the TGSRTC on the corporation and the govt will not take a single rupee of the corporation. The union leaders should suggest how it should be spent. It is my duty to tell you the fact that the state govt has been facing financial problems. We have just now started to recover from the mess and may take one more year. I urge all of you, do not fall into the trap of the people who could not do anything for you for the past 10 years," Revanth Reddy said while speaking at the
May Day celebrations
at Ravindra Bharathi on Thursday.
TGSRTC workers gave strike notices to the govt last month demanding the govt to resolve their issues including merger of the TGSRTC in the state govt which is pending for the past couple of years.
The CM said the Congress govt has been taking measures for the welfare of the workers in the organsitions such as Singareni, TGSRTC, power and unorganised sectors. "The state govt had given bonus to the Singareni workers. Gig workers policy for unorganized workers will be introduced soon," he said.
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He claimed the previous govt discriminated against the workers and as many as 50 workers died during the TGSRTC strike during the BRS govt. "The state govt is ready to hold talks with the RTC workers on strike soon," the CM said.
Revanth said that Telangana had witnessed financial destruction in the past 10 years with 8.29 crore debt burden on the Congress govt. "The previous rulers left 50,000 crore bills pending to contractors and 1.20 lakh crore in other departments. The BRS govt is also responsible for long pending dues of Sarpanches. Kaleshwaram project, which was taken up at a cost of rupees one lakh crore collapsed in just three years. Ministers and myself have been spending sleepless nights for the last 15 months to rectify the mistakes," he claimed.
The chief minister asked the RTC workers to keep faith in him and he would stand by them.
'Make a Dalit as Leader of Opposition'
Revanth asked BRS president and leader of the opposition (LOP) K Chandrasekhar Rao to step down from the position and make a Dalit as LOP. "KCR made a promise to make a Dalit as CM if the separate Telangana is created. Now at least he can make a Dalit as LOP," he said.

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