Job aspirants urge NWKRTC to fill remaining 814 posts, protests enter Day 2
Job aspirants in Hubballi are protesting for the second day to demand the filling of 814 vacant driver and conductor posts within the NWKRTC. The protesters have shifted their venue following a court injunction and plan to transition to a relay hunger strike.
Why it matters
The protest highlights ongoing tensions regarding government employment promises and the legal limitations placed on public demonstrations.
The indefinite protest by scores of candidates — who were shortlisted for the posts of drivers and driver-cum-conductors — to demand the filling of the remaining 814 posts out of the total 2,814 posts notified in 2019 for recruitment by North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC), entered the second day on Wednesday (July 29).
As NWKRTC authorities have obtained a temporary injunction order from the local court restraining the job aspirants from putting up banners, pluck cards, and posters within 300 metres of the corporation’s head office in Hubballi, and also from affecting the transport services, the job aspirants had to shift their protest venue before launching the protest on Tuesday (July 28). They are now protesting at Santhe Maidan near Akshay Park in Hubballi and have been joined by their family members.
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