hyderabad sources stated that alleging that the telangana government was misleading the public and the courts, the agitating TSRTC employees on thursday said they were willing to drop their main demand of merger of the corporation with the transport department, for the time being. jac convener ashwathama reddy said "When talks were held earlier we had indicated that we were willing to drop some demands. However, the government kept sending messages that the employees were adamant on their demands. So the jac decided to temporarily drop the merger demand. Now the government should hold discussions on other demands".
Furthermore on 41st day of the strike, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the striking employees decided to drop the merger demand for now and offered to hold talks with the government on other demands. Reportedly ashwathama reddy made the announcement after discussing future course of action with leaders of various opposition parties and trade unions.
Moreover more than 48,000 employees of TSRTC have been on strike since october 5 to press for 26 demands, the main being the merger of TSRTC with the government so that they are treated on par with the government employees and hence the government termed the strike illegal, rejected the merger demand and ruled out talks with the employees. Perhaps after the High Court's intervention, TSRTC officials held a round of talks with jac leaders on some demands excluding the merger demand. It, however, failed to end the impasse.
