Chennai sources have stated that an 'all-party meeting' convened by opposition DMK on Tuesday on the recent bus fare hike in Tamilnadu decided to hold state-wide protest meetings next week seeking a rollback of the increase in ticket rates. Meanwhile the DMK Working President MK Stalin chaired the meeting, which was attended by Congress and IUML, DMK allies, MDMK and the two left parties, besides VCK.
Meanwhile TNCC President Su Thirunavukkarasar, MDMK founder Vaiko, VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan and state secretaries of CPI (M) and CPI, G Ramakrishnan and R Mutharasan respectively, represented their parties. According to sources a resolution adopted at the meeting decided to hold state-wide protest meetings on February 13, urging the AIADMK government to rollback the revision effected last month.
Previously Tamilnadu government had on January 19 hiked ticket fares of
buses operated by state-run transport corporations and private entities by
about 20 to 54.54%, drawing flak from civil society and political parties
alike. Further the opposition parties, besides students and general public, had
earlier staged protests against the revision.
