Maha minister warns of strict action against MSRTC workers if they fail to resume duty on Friday
Mumbai Nov 25 PTI Maharashtra Transport Minister Anil Parab on Thursday warned of strict action against employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation MSRTC if they dont rejoin duty on Friday The MSRTC workers have been on a strike since October 28 demanding a merger of the cash-strapped corporation with the state government which will give them the status of state government employees and better salaries In a bid to end the strike Parab had on Wednesday declared a hike of Rs 2500 to Rs 5000 in the basic salaries for employees claiming that it would be the highest in the history of the corporation The transport minister had also given a 24-hour deadline to the employees to return to duty Speaking to reporters Parab on Thursday said that he has assured to withdraw the suspension of employees and will be reviewing the situation in a meeting with the MSRTC officials later in the day While making an appeal to the employees to rejoin duty the minister warned that stern action will be taken against those who dont return to work within the given deadline on Friday According to an MSRTC official the corporation is compiling information about workers attendance from across the state However preliminary reports have revealed that majority of the employees have not reported to duty as yet and hence the operation of buses at all 250 depots in the state was also shut the official added Meanwhile the BJP on Thursday announced to temporarily call off the sit-in agitation of MSRTC employees at Azad Maidan here BJP MLC Sadabhau Khot and Gopichand Padalkar who were leading the agitation made the announcement Today we are temporarily calling off our agitation at Azad Maidan All employees should sit together and decide whether to carry out the rest of the agitation We are with them Khot said The movement was started by the MSRTC employees and the party had supported it to give justice to them he said The state government has taken two steps forward We have won the first stage of the fight The decision merger will come from the court We will be with the workers if they agitate in the second phase as well Khot said The BJP had started a sit-in agitation at Azad Maidan on November 10 to push for the demand of MSRTC employees for the merger of the corporation with the state government Citing that they had tried on various levels to give justice to MSRTC employees Padalkar refuted the allegation that they had tried to take political advantage of the strike PTI KK ARU NP NP
Mumbai Nov 25 PTI Maharashtra Transport Minister Anil Parab on Thursday warned of strict action against employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation MSRTC if they dont rejoin duty on Friday The MSRTC workers have been on a strike since October 28 demanding a merger of the cash-strapped corporation with the state government which will give them the status of state government employees and better salaries In a bid to end the strike Parab had on Wednesday declared a hike of Rs 2500 to Rs 5000 in the basic salaries for employees claiming that it would be the highest in the history of the corporation The transport minister had also given a 24-hour deadline to the employees to return to duty Speaking to reporters Parab on Thursday said that he has assured to withdraw the suspension of employees and will be reviewing the situation in a meeting with the MSRTC officials later in the day While making an appeal to the employees to rejoin duty the minister warned that stern action will be taken against those who dont return to work within the given deadline on Friday According to an MSRTC official the corporation is compiling information about workers attendance from across the state However preliminary reports have revealed that majority of the employees have not reported to duty as yet and hence the operation of buses at all 250 depots in the state was also shut the official added Meanwhile the BJP on Thursday announced to temporarily call off the sit-in agitation of MSRTC employees at Azad Maidan here BJP MLC Sadabhau Khot and Gopichand Padalkar who were leading the agitation made the announcement Today we are temporarily calling off our agitation at Azad Maidan All employees should sit together and decide whether to carry out the rest of the agitation We are with them Khot said The movement was started by the MSRTC employees and the party had supported it to give justice to them he said The state government has taken two steps forward We have won the first stage of the fight The decision merger will come from the court We will be with the workers if they agitate in the second phase as well Khot said The BJP had started a sit-in agitation at Azad Maidan on November 10 to push for the demand of MSRTC employees for the merger of the corporation with the state government Citing that they had tried on various levels to give justice to MSRTC employees Padalkar refuted the allegation that they had tried to take political advantage of the strike PTI KK ARU NP NP
