BRS MLAs drive autos to Telangana Assembly demanding welfare board, ₹12,000 annual aid to auto drivers
The Hindu
BRS MLAs in Hyderabad rally for auto drivers' rights, demand implementation of government assurances for welfare and financial aid.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs took out a rally driving autos to the Telangana Legislative Assembly in Hyderabad on Wednesday (December 18, 2024) raising issues faced by auto drivers and demanding assurances made to them to be implemented.
On the fourth day of the third Legislative Assembly, BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao, former Ministers Vemula Prashanth Reddy, T. Padma Rao Goud and others drove autos to the Assembly.
They said that the State government assured to establish a welfare board for auto drivers and provide annual financial aid of ₹12,000. The Opposition MLAs demanded them to be implemented and support to families of auto drivers who ended their life.
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