Published 12:11 IST, October 26th 2019

Telangana: Congress demands judicial probe into TSRTC strike

Congress demanded a judicial probe into the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation's income, assets and liabilities and other aspects of its employees.

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Congress on Friday demanded a judicial probe into Telangana State Ro Transport Corporation (TSRTC) matter. dressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderab, party spokesperson Dasoju Sravan stated that a sitting High Court judge should order a probe on TSRTC’s income, assets and liabilities and or aspects of its employees. Furrmore, he condemned Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for his statement on ongoing strike by employees of TSRTC. He called upon government to issue a white paper on TSRTC.  

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Congress spokesperson said, " state government should release a white paper on assets and liabilities of RTC. While Chief Minister claimed that state government has spent Rs 4,250 crore on RTC, unions argue that amount was only Rs.702 crore. This contriction could be cleared only if matter is probed by a sitting judge of High Court".

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' Chief Minister has hatched a conspiracy'

Maintaining that all employees and workers belonging to every sector h right to form ir union, he dismissed Telangana CM’s argument that unions were going on a strike before every election. Moreover, Sravan claimed that this was a “conspiracy” to privatise  organization. He ded that Rao’s tone was beneath stature of a CM.  

" Chief Minister has hatched a conspiracy to privatise RTC to get control over its invaluable assets of TSRTC. KCR's langu, tone, and gestures while speaking about union leers do t suit stature of a Chief Minister,” he remarked. 

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Government criticised for t paying salaries

Congress spokesperson also criticised  Telangana government for disobeying order of Telangana High Court by t paying salaries for month of September to employees of TSRTC. He accused Telangana CM of committing contempt of court. Furrmore, he contended that recent victory of ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in  Huzurnagar bypoll was t an endorsement of government’s policies.  

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(With ANI inputs)

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