Nationwide transport strike tomorrow
Bengaluru, August 06: Various organizations extended their support to the nationwide transport workers strike on August 7 demanding withdrawal of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill-2017. But the KSRTC Staff and Workers Federation does not support the strike. So, KSRTC, BMTC and other transport corporation buses will be on the roads. Schools and colleges are not declared holiday. Namma Metro service will be as usual tomorrow.
However, auto and taxi drivers, Ola and Uber drivers and owners associations have extended their support. App-based auto, Ola, Uber taxis would be off the roads and this might affect the normal life.
Transport Employees Federation has called for the strike demanding withdrawal of the Motor Vehicles (amendment) Bill, protection to auto and taxi drivers and owners and social security scheme for unorganized workers.
The amendment bill proposed by the central government has become a detrimental to the transport organizations, auto, taxi drivers and owners. So, his organization has extended its support to the strike which demanded the withdrawal of the Bill. But the strike would go on peacefully, said Tanveer, Ola and Uber Drivers Association president.
B Narayana Reddy of the KSRTC Staff and Workers Federation said that his federation is not taking part in the strike called by a few organizations. But the AITUC has called for a fight with a slogan ‘Protect workers, protect country and oust Modi government’ from August 9 to September 18. But some vested interests have been misleading the people which is condemnable, he said.
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Ramdas Athawale backs Fadnavis as Maharashtra CM; says Shinde can shift to Centre
New Delhi, Nov 26: RPI(A) leader Ramdas Athawale, a key BJP ally, on Tuesday called for a quick decision on the next chief minister of Maharashtra and suggested that incumbent Eknath Shinde should shift to the Centre as a Union minister.
Addressing a press conference here, Athawale also backed senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis as the next chief minister of Maharashtra, contending that the saffron party won the maximum number of seats in the 288-member Assembly and should have the right to the top executive post in the state.
He said a peculiar situation has arisen in Maharashtra where BJP leaders want Fadnavis as the chief minister, while Shiv Sena leaders want Shinde to continue in the post, citing the good work he has done over the last two and a half years.
Athawale, the Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, said NCP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has declared that he was not in the race for the chief minister.
"We need to resolve this matter, without any further delay. The election results were announced on November 23 and we should have had the oath of the new chief minister on November 26, the Constitution Day," Athawale said.
Backing Fadnavis for the post of chief minister, Athawale said Shinde can become the deputy chief minister or shift to the Centre and join the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Athawale said his RPI(A) has a presence in every part of the state, but unfortunately lost the two seats -- Dharavi and Kalina -- offered to it in the recent Maharashtra Assembly elections.
He demanded that an RPI member be made an MLC and a minister in the state government.
The BJP-led Mahayuti won a landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections winning 235 seats in the 288-member House. The BJP won 132 seats, followed by Shinde-led Shiv Sena (57) and Ajit Pawar-led NCP (41). Smaller parties, who are part of the alliance, won five seats.
