BRS putting hurdles in RTC trade union elections: Ponnam

Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Saturday launched a salvo at the opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi and said that the party had put hurdles in Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) trade union elections , adding that they will be held on October 9 . He added that the government would begin the process of merging the corporation with the government after these polls.

Mr Prabhakar said that the the last elections were organised July 19, 2016. No opportunity for elections was given thereafter, he added, even as he urged workers to participate in the elections.

The Minister said the government would begin the next phase of the proposed RTC merger after the recognition elections. Representatives of the union that emerges as the recognised union in the elections would be included in the committee of officials involved in the process, he said.