Dialogue with central government successful: Truckers call off strike
Bengaluru, July 27: The lorry owners who were on indefinite strike for the last one week seeking fulfillment of their demands including toll-free traffic, bringing diesel under GST and other demands, called of their strike on Friday following the central government’s intervention in the strike.
For the last one week, total 90 lakh lorries including 6.5 lakh lorries in the state were off the roads. Because of the strike, the goods lorries were standing in queues on the national highways. This has affected the export and created scarcity of essential commodities. The prices of vegetables, fruits and other provisions were increased due to shortage.
Along with the essential commodities, the industries were also affected as the raw materials like chemicals, paper, cloths, and others were not supplied. Those, who dependent on goods vehicles for their livelihood across the country suffered a lot. Both lorry owners and the government have incurred a loss worth crores as the strike has affected both export and import.
As the government has agreed to fulfill some of the demands in the meeting held on Friday, the lorry owners called of their strike and the goods vehicles would run from Friday night.
“Lakhs of lorries stayed off the roads seeking fulfillment of their demands for the last one week. All goods vehicles owners have extended their support to our strike. Now, the government has agreed to fulfill some of our demands. In view of this, we have decided to call off the strike temporarily”.
- GR Shanmugappa, State Lorry Owners Association president
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Atishi takes oath as Delhi CM
New Delhi (PTI): Senior AAP leader Atishi was administered oath as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi by Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Saturday.
Saxena administered the oath of office and secrecy to Atishi. She was chosen as the leader of the legislature party earlier this week, after her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal decided to resign.
Senior AAP leaders Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia were also present at the swearing-in event.
Atishi is Delhi's third woman chief minister after Congress' Sheila Dikshit and BJP's Sushma Swaraj.
She also becomes the 17th woman to hold the post of chief minister in independent India.
Atishi, however, will have a brief tenure in office as assembly elections in the national capital are due in February.
