BMTC starts process to reinstate sacked employees
Bengaluru, Jan 20: Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation on Friday said the employees who were sacked two years ago for participating in wage revision agitation are being re-instated in a phased manner.
According to the state-run entity, Karnataka Transport Minister B Sriramulu gave re-appointment orders to 54 dismissed employees.
"The employees who were dismissed from services for participating in the strike for wage revision in the month of April 2021 are being re-instated in a phased manner," the BMTC said in a statement.
Demanding wages on par with state government employees, the BMTC employees had gone on a strike crippling the public transport services in April 2021.
ಕಳೆದ ವರ್ಷ ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ ತಿಂಗಳಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಸಾರಿಗೆ ನೌಕರರ ಮುಷ್ಕರದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿದ ಕೆಲವು ನೌಕರರನ್ನು ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ವಜಾಗೊಳಿಸಿತ್ತು. ಸೂಕ್ತ ಪರಿಶೀಲನೆಯ ನಂತರ 54 ನೌಕರರನ್ನು ಮರು ನೇಮಕಾತಿ ಮಾಡಲು ನಮ್ಮ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಆದೇಶ ಹೊರಡಿಸಿದೆ. ಇಂದು ಆ ನೌಕರರಿಗೆ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಹಿರಿಯ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳ ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ, ನನ್ನ ಕೈಯಾರೆ ಆದೇಶವನ್ನು ತಲುಪಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ. pic.twitter.com/WSWPG0Dcy7
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BJP has history of ‘contradictory alliances’, says BK Hariprasad
Bengaluru: Congress MLC B. K. Hariprasad has launched a sharp attack on the BJP, accusing the party of hypocrisy over its criticism of alliance politics in Tamil Nadu.
In a post on X on Friday, Hariprasad said BJP leader B. L. Santhosh criticising the Congress party’s alliance politics in Tamil Nadu was “not just laughable, but the height of political contradiction.”
He said the Congress has always joined hands with like-minded parties to protect secular and democratic values in the country.
Hariprasad questioned the BJP over several of its past and present alliances across the country. Referring to Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tripura, Bihar and Maharashtra, he accused the BJP of sharing power with parties it had earlier criticised.
He alleged that the BJP had aligned with separatist and corruption-linked political forces in different states for political gains.
“The BJP, which speaks against alliances today, should first look at its own political history,” he said, adding that the party’s record was full of “contradictions and changing stands.”
Hariprasad also accused the BJP of using central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Department and CBI as political tools to target opposition leaders, topple governments and influence electoral mandates.
He further claimed that the people of Tamil Nadu had strongly rejected the BJP and its ideology in the recent election.
“Congress forms alliances to protect the Constitution, secularism and national unity, while the BJP enters into alliances only for power,” he said.
