RTC JAC drops merger demand

The RTC employee unions’ Joint Action Committee finally said on Thursday that it would keep aside the merger demand.

This was stated by RTC JAC co-convenor and Telangana Mazdoor Union working president M Thomas Reddy, who expressed hope that since the call for a merger was being put aside, talks would be held and the 41-day-old standoff resolved.

“As the merger was the bone of contention between us and the State government, we are keeping aside



the merger issue temporarily,” he told Telangana Today over phone. The JAC’s announcement came after the State government categorically stated that there was no scope for merging the RTC with the government.

“We have been taking part in the strike for the last 41 days to press for our demands but no one from the government has been paying heed. The Ministers are also not allowing us to meet them,” Reddy said.