Hyderabad: RTC unions have called for a state-wide bandh on 19^th October even as transport minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar said that TRS had never promised to merge the TSRTC with the government. He claimed the unions had started the strike to create the trouble for the public.

    Before the bandh, the unions have drawn up a schedule of protests that includes vanta varpu (Cooking on the streets), protests at bus depots, public meetings, Rasta-Rokos and bike rallies.

     We have made our arrangements in such a way that we have succeeded against the unions, the minister said. He said the TSRTC had been given a budget of Rs. 3,000/- crores though it was in the red. There will be no talks with the unions, said the minister.