Congress claims State bandh a success

Hyderabad: The Congress on Saturday claimed that the bandh being held by the RTC Joint Action Committee and being supported by it was a success.

Addressing the media, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Treasurer Gudur Narayana Reddy has said that the bandh was successful across the State.

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 shops have voluntarily closed to express solidarity with the RTC workers who are on strike for the last 14 days.

Reddy alleged that the TRS government tried to sabotage the bandh call by using the people. He said several political leaders and activists were illegally detained by the police to foil the agitation.

However, he said several 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 ask RTC management to hold talks with agitating employees. He said action could be taken against Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for contempt of court.

He said that lakhs 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, the Chief Minister has been displaying fake ego and utter arrogance.

Narayana Reddy said Chandrashekar Rao was putting the lives of common people in danger by engaging inexperienced drivers to ply RTC buses.

He said many accidents have already occurred and the situation would turn worse if immediate measures are not taken. He also sought the intervention of Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on the issue.

He also criticised Minister KT Rama Rao for the deteriorating condition of roads in Hyderabad.

He asked the minister to inspect the city roads to understand the real situation.