Congress, BJP say they will join Million March

Hyderabad: The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) and the Telangana BJP unit have extended their support to the Million March planned for November 9, proposed by the Joint Action Commit-tee of the RTC striking employees.

TPCC president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy in a statement on Thursday called the party cadre to participate in huge numbers in the Million March. He said that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is behaving like a dictator in refusing to resolve the RTC strike, now in its 32nd day, despite the Telangana High Court directions that he dialogue with the protesting workers and solve the crisis immediately.

The TPCC chief said that the RTC JAC has requested Congress support and that he had asked the party cadre to participate in the Million March on November 9 and make it a success.

Elsewhere, Telangana state BJP president K. Laxman, said that their party will extend full support to the Million March. Speaking to the media, he accused the TRS government of adopting a recalcitrant attitude towards RTC employees in refusing to address their problems.

He alleged that the state government has totally failed to sort out the issues with the striking employees and is not showing any interest in resolving their problems.

He said that Mr Rao has given three deadlines to striking employees to join the duty.