Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandra Sekhar Rao and Telangana State RTC JAC leaders were firmly stand on their words on the ongoing RTC strike from October 05^th. Chief Minister KCR firmly said that the RTC strike is illegal, unlawful; there was no question of having talks with the RTC unions. Tug of war between Govt and RTC unions will create troubles to the commuters and passengers become victims.

       While reviewing the situation that has arisen due to the RTC strike, CM KCR instructed officials to pay the September salaries to those who are attending the duty. He declared that the employees who went on strike will not be taken back. KCR asked RTC officials to appoint the required employees to run 50 percent of the RTC buses, take 30 percent of buses on hire and give stage carriage route permits to 20 percent private buses.

      He also said that by October 21, all categories of buses should be operational and students having bus passes should not suffer. Those who have passes can travel to their schools. Hitting out at the RTC trade union leaders, KCR pointed out that if they intensify the stir, the government will not be shaken or scared. He warned that the government will not tolerate attempts to stop the buses, organizing dharnas at the bus stations and depots. We will not tolerate any goondaism.

      In the review meeting, the CM spoke to Director-General of police M. Mahendar Reddy and told him to increase security at all RTC depots and bus stands and installs CCTV cameras at every point and utilizes the service of the intelligence department too. KCR also told the DGP to book cases, arrest and send to court those indulging in unlawful activity. He maintained that there was no point tolerating those indulging in damaging and destroying the property in the name of agitation.

         He also said, workers have blindly believed the irrelevant talk of the union leaders and abstained from duty. Supervisors were dragged into the strike, which never happened in the past. Union leaders have acted with utter irresponsibility and became a reason for 48,000 employees losing their jobs. There is no question of pardoning the workers who inflicted losses on the RTC and exposed passengers to hardships during the festival time. This is not a strike but an unlawful action.