Protest against 'covert privatisation' of APSRTC

Hyderabad, Jan 19: The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) Karmika Sangh members, affiliated to the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), will organise a state-wide agitation on January 21 to protest against 'covert privatisation' of the RTC through outsourcing.

Talking to newspersons here today, Karmika Sangh General Secretary K Vijayakumar and Working President Narasimham said the BJP-affiliated trade union members from across the state would assemble at the RTC headquarters here as part of their ''Hyderabad Challo'' programme on that day to press their 13-point charter of demands, including immediate payment of pay revision arrears and regularisation of casual workers.

UNI